Association of Estimated Insulin Resistance with N-Terminal B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Concentration in Men with Metabolic Syndrome

Table 2

Correlation (Spearman R) of NT-proBNP with anthropometric, BP and laboratory measures.

Variables	NT-proBNP
Age (years)	0.23	0.035
WC (cm)	0.03	0.807
BMI (kg/m^2)	−0.05	0.674
WHR	−0.12	0.300
SBP (mmHg)	0.07	0.501
DBP (mmHg)	0.02	0.889
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.01	0.986
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m^2)	−0.09	0.397
HOMA-IR	−0.23	0.045
Insulin	−0.19	0.099

BMI: body mass index; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment (estimated insulin resistance); NT-proBNP: amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; SBP: systolic blood pressure; WC: waist circumference; WHR: waist/hip ratio.