TY - JOUR
T1 - NT-proBNP for Risk Prediction in Heart Failure
T2 - Identification of Optimal Cutoffs Across Body Mass Index Categories
AU - Vergaro, G.
AU - Gentile, F.
AU - Meems, L.M.G.
AU - Aimo, A.
AU - Januzzi, J.L.
AU - Richards, A.M.
AU - Lam, C.S.P.
AU - Latini, R.
AU - Staszewsky, L.
AU - Anand, I.S.
AU - Cohn, J.N.
AU - Ueland, T.
AU - Gullestad, L.
AU - Aukrust, P.
AU - Brunner-La Rocca, H.P.
AU - Bayes-Genis, A.
AU - Lupon, J.
AU - Yoshihisa, A.
AU - Takeishi, Y.
AU - Egstrup, M.
AU - Gustafsson, I.
AU - Gaggin, H.K.
AU - Eggers, K.M.
AU - Huber, K.
AU - Gamble, G.D.
AU - Ling, L.H.
AU - Leong, K.T.G.
AU - Yeo, P.S.D.
AU - Ong, H.Y.
AU - Jaufeerally, L.
AU - Ng, T.P.
AU - Troughton, R.
AU - Doughty, R.N.
AU - Devlin, G.
AU - Lund, M.
AU - Giannoni, A.
AU - Passino, C.
AU - de Boer, R.A.
AU - Emdin, M.
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to assess the predictive power of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and the decision cutoffs in heart failure (HF) across body mass index (BMI) categories.BACKGROUND Concentrations of NT-proBNP predict outcome in HF. Although the influence of BMI to reduce levels of NT-proBNP is known, the impact of obesity on prognostic value remains uncertain.METHODS Individual data from the BIOS (Biomarkers In Heart Failure Outpatient Study) consortium were analyzed. Patients with stable HF were classified as underweight (BMI = 40 kg/m(2)) obese. The prognostic rote of NT-proBNP was tested for the endpoints of all-cause and cardiac death.RESULTS The study population included 12,763 patients (mean age 66 +/- 12 years; 25% women; mean left ventricular ejection fraction 33% 113%). Most patients were overweight (n = 5,176), followed by normal weight (n = 4,299), mildly obese (n = 2,157), moderately obese (n = 612), severely obese (n = 314), and underweight (n = 205). NT-proBNP inversely correlated with BMI (beta = -0.174 for 1 kg/m(2); P < 0.001). Adding NT-proBNP to clinical models improved risk prediction across BMI categories, with the exception of severely obese patients. The best cutoffs of NT-proBNP for 5-year all-cause death prediction were lower as BMI increased (3,785 ng/L, 2,193 ng/L, 1,554 ng/L, 1,045 ng/L, 755 ng/L, and 879 ng/L, for underweight, normal weight, overweight, and mildly, moderately, and severely obese patients, respectively) and were higher in women than in men.CONCLUSIONS NT-proBNP maintains its independent prognostic value up to 40 kg/m(2) BMI, and tower optimal risk-prediction cutoffs are observed in overweight and obese patients. (C) 2021 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
AB - OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to assess the predictive power of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and the decision cutoffs in heart failure (HF) across body mass index (BMI) categories.BACKGROUND Concentrations of NT-proBNP predict outcome in HF. Although the influence of BMI to reduce levels of NT-proBNP is known, the impact of obesity on prognostic value remains uncertain.METHODS Individual data from the BIOS (Biomarkers In Heart Failure Outpatient Study) consortium were analyzed. Patients with stable HF were classified as underweight (BMI = 40 kg/m(2)) obese. The prognostic rote of NT-proBNP was tested for the endpoints of all-cause and cardiac death.RESULTS The study population included 12,763 patients (mean age 66 +/- 12 years; 25% women; mean left ventricular ejection fraction 33% 113%). Most patients were overweight (n = 5,176), followed by normal weight (n = 4,299), mildly obese (n = 2,157), moderately obese (n = 612), severely obese (n = 314), and underweight (n = 205). NT-proBNP inversely correlated with BMI (beta = -0.174 for 1 kg/m(2); P < 0.001). Adding NT-proBNP to clinical models improved risk prediction across BMI categories, with the exception of severely obese patients. The best cutoffs of NT-proBNP for 5-year all-cause death prediction were lower as BMI increased (3,785 ng/L, 2,193 ng/L, 1,554 ng/L, 1,045 ng/L, 755 ng/L, and 879 ng/L, for underweight, normal weight, overweight, and mildly, moderately, and severely obese patients, respectively) and were higher in women than in men.CONCLUSIONS NT-proBNP maintains its independent prognostic value up to 40 kg/m(2) BMI, and tower optimal risk-prediction cutoffs are observed in overweight and obese patients. (C) 2021 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
KW - body mass index
KW - chronic heart failure
KW - NT-proBNP
KW - obesity
KW - outcome
KW - BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE
KW - REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION
KW - SENSITIVE TROPONIN-T
KW - OBESITY
KW - ASSOCIATION
KW - MORTALITY
KW - IMPACT
KW - TRIAL
KW - MECHANISMS
KW - PHENOTYPES
U2 - 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.05.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.05.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 34246607
SN - 2213-1779
VL - 9
SP - 653
EP - 663
JO - JACC: Heart Failure
JF - JACC: Heart Failure
IS - 9
ER -