ArticleHeart and vessels2012
Impact of obesity on plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels in Japanese community-based subjects.
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- Can low brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels be a marker of the presence of depression in obese women?Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2014Article
- Cardiac tamponade as an independent condition affecting the relationship between the plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels and cardiac function.Heart and vessels · 2013Article
- Inverse association of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide with metabolic syndrome in patients with congestive heart failure.PloS one · 2013Article
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Abstract
The plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration was recently shown to be inversely correlated with body mass index (BMI). However, very few attempts have been made to associate abdominal obesity and BNP in the Japanese general population. Here, we conducted a cross-sectional study, and examined 339 male and 429 female residents without heart disease in a rural Japanese community who received an annual health checkup in 2006. BNP was inversely associated with both BMI and abdominal circumference (AC) in the age-adjusted regression analysis (p < 0.05). Following adjustment for traditional risk factors, multiple regression analysis revealed that BNP was negatively correlated with AC (p < 0.05), but not BMI. Although metabolic syndrome was not associated with BNP levels, AC had an influence on low BNP levels in the multiple regression analysis using both AC and BMI concurrently (p < 0.05 for AC and p > 0.60 for BMI). These effects were more prominent in men than in women. Collectively, plasma BNP levels are inversely related with obesity, as measured by AC, in Japanese community-based subjects.
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