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From: Urinary N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide as a biomarker for cardiovascular events in a general Japanese population: the Hisayama Study

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Correlation between serum and urinary concentrations of NT-proBNP. Abbreviations: NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate. The horizontal axis (serum NT-proBNP) and the vertical axis (urinary NT-proBNP) are log scaled because of their skewed distributions. In the quadratic equation, x and y indicate the log-transformed (log10) concentrations of serum and urinary NT-proBNP, respectively. The quadratic regression curve is shown in blue. Urinary NT-proBNP concentrations corresponding to the guideline-based cutoff values of serum NT-proBNP (55, 125, and 300 pg/mL) were 20, 27, and 43 pg/mL, respectively

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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

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