N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in early and advanced phases of obesity
-
Harald Mangge
, Gunter Almer
Abstract
Background: Increased plasma amino-terminal-cleavage-fragment of NP (NT-proBNP) is an established indicator for heart failure. Moreover, obese adults had low circulating NT-proBNP suggesting an obesity-related dysregulation (natriuretic handicap). Secretion and/or clearance of NT-proBNP were discussed to be impaired in obesity. As only older adults were investigated so far, it remains unclear when during the evolution of obesity the state of a natriuretic handicap develops, and whether NT-proBNP may still serve as a relevant cardiac marker in obese juveniles.
Methods: We analysed NT-proBNP in juvenile (n=274, 10–18 years) and middle-aged (n=277, 18–50 years) normal weight (n=213) and obese (n=338) probands together with complex anthropometry, carotis sonography, clinical, and laboratory parameters.
Results: NT-proBNP showed a significant gender and age interaction. Adult females had significant higher NT-proBNP than adult males, and higher levels than juvenile females. Adult males had lower levels than juvenile males. Only a weak age and weight interaction was seen with obese juveniles which showed higher NT-proBNP than obese adults. Moreover, normal weight probands had higher NT-proBNP than overweight and obese. In a multiple regression including all probands, gender, creatinine and uric acid were the best predictors for NT-proBNP. In adults, female gender is the strongest driver for increased NT-proBNP.
Conclusions: These results argue against an essential influence of obesity to B-type cardiac natriuretic hormone system regulation in the absence of heart failure, and suggest NT-proBNP as a useful cardiac marker irrespective of age and obesity.
©2011 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Editorial
- Athlete's biological passport: to test or not to test?
- Review
- Prognostic value of cystatin C in acute coronary syndromes: enhancer of atherosclerosis and promising therapeutic target
- Opinion Papers
- The function of oxalic acid in the human metabolism
- Current limitations of the Athlete's Biological Passport use in sports
- Limits and pitfalls of Athlete's Biological Passport
- The Athlete Biological Passport from the perspective of an anti-doping organization
- Perspectives
- Genetics of infectious diseases: hidden etiologies and common pathways
- Guidelines and Recommendations
- IFCC primary reference procedures for the measurement of catalytic activity concentrations of enzymes at 37 °C. Part 9: Reference procedure for the measurement of catalytic concentration of alkaline phosphatase
- Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
- A template for mutational data analysis of the CFTR gene
- High resolution melting analysis to genotype the most common variants in the HFE gene
- General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
- Bayesian analysis of an international ELISA comparability study
- Inflammatory markers in preeclamptic patients
- Pre-analytical effects of different lithium heparin plasma separation tubes in the routine clinical chemistry laboratory
- Pre-acquisition system assessment of the Sysmex® Coagulation System CS-2100i and comparison with end-user verification; a model for the regional introduction of new analysers and methods
- Evaluation of a commercially available rapid urinary porphobilinogen test
- Reference Values and Biological Variations
- Reference intervals and age and gender dependency for arterial blood gases and electrolytes in adults
- Within-subject biological variation of glucose and HbA1c in healthy persons and in type 1 diabetes patients
- Determinants of oxidative stress related to gender: relevance of age and smoking habit
- Soluble ST2 is not independently associated with androgen and estrogen status in healthy males and females
- Infectious Diseases
- Development of candidate reference reagent for HIV-1 RNA and comparison analysis for different HIV-1 RNA quantitative assay
- Prognostic value of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme activity for outcome of community-acquired pneumonia
- The evaluation of colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay (GICA) for rapid diagnosis of influenza A disease
- Cardiovascular Disease
- N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in early and advanced phases of obesity
- Vaspin plasma concentrations and mRNA expressions in patients with stable and unstable angina pectoris
- Prospective study of first stroke in relation to plasma homocysteine and MTHFR 677C>T and 1298A>C genotypes and haplotypes – evidence for an association with hemorrhagic stroke
- Letters to the Editor
- Evaluation of the analytical performance of the Beckman Coulter AU680 automated analytical system based on quality specifications for allowable performance derived from biological variation
- Collagen peptides, interstitial remodelling and sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Erratum
- Modified phosphatidylserine-dependent antiprothrombin ELISA enables identification of patients negative for other antiphospholipid antibodies and also detects low avidity antibodies
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Editorial
- Athlete's biological passport: to test or not to test?
- Review
- Prognostic value of cystatin C in acute coronary syndromes: enhancer of atherosclerosis and promising therapeutic target
- Opinion Papers
- The function of oxalic acid in the human metabolism
- Current limitations of the Athlete's Biological Passport use in sports
- Limits and pitfalls of Athlete's Biological Passport
- The Athlete Biological Passport from the perspective of an anti-doping organization
- Perspectives
- Genetics of infectious diseases: hidden etiologies and common pathways
- Guidelines and Recommendations
- IFCC primary reference procedures for the measurement of catalytic activity concentrations of enzymes at 37 °C. Part 9: Reference procedure for the measurement of catalytic concentration of alkaline phosphatase
- Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
- A template for mutational data analysis of the CFTR gene
- High resolution melting analysis to genotype the most common variants in the HFE gene
- General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
- Bayesian analysis of an international ELISA comparability study
- Inflammatory markers in preeclamptic patients
- Pre-analytical effects of different lithium heparin plasma separation tubes in the routine clinical chemistry laboratory
- Pre-acquisition system assessment of the Sysmex® Coagulation System CS-2100i and comparison with end-user verification; a model for the regional introduction of new analysers and methods
- Evaluation of a commercially available rapid urinary porphobilinogen test
- Reference Values and Biological Variations
- Reference intervals and age and gender dependency for arterial blood gases and electrolytes in adults
- Within-subject biological variation of glucose and HbA1c in healthy persons and in type 1 diabetes patients
- Determinants of oxidative stress related to gender: relevance of age and smoking habit
- Soluble ST2 is not independently associated with androgen and estrogen status in healthy males and females
- Infectious Diseases
- Development of candidate reference reagent for HIV-1 RNA and comparison analysis for different HIV-1 RNA quantitative assay
- Prognostic value of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme activity for outcome of community-acquired pneumonia
- The evaluation of colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay (GICA) for rapid diagnosis of influenza A disease
- Cardiovascular Disease
- N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in early and advanced phases of obesity
- Vaspin plasma concentrations and mRNA expressions in patients with stable and unstable angina pectoris
- Prospective study of first stroke in relation to plasma homocysteine and MTHFR 677C>T and 1298A>C genotypes and haplotypes – evidence for an association with hemorrhagic stroke
- Letters to the Editor
- Evaluation of the analytical performance of the Beckman Coulter AU680 automated analytical system based on quality specifications for allowable performance derived from biological variation
- Collagen peptides, interstitial remodelling and sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Erratum
- Modified phosphatidylserine-dependent antiprothrombin ELISA enables identification of patients negative for other antiphospholipid antibodies and also detects low avidity antibodies