PubMed ID:
18824845
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2009
Affiliation: Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., USA. ssyi@jhsph.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1159/000159276
Authors:
Appel LJ,
Astor BC,
Contreras G,
Miller ER,
Yi S
The N-amino-terminal fragment of the prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a marker of cardiac stress and elevated levels are indicative of heart failure. Few correlates of NT-proBNP levels have been identified in persons with moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD), and data from those without heart failure and from African Americans are especially limited.