Research Article
Association of Estimated Insulin Resistance with N-Terminal B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Concentration in Men with Metabolic Syndrome
Table 5
The comparison of NT-proBNP concentrations in the study group with reference values.
| Metabolic syndrome | | | | Percentile | Age | Mean, CL | SD | Median | 95th | 97.5th |
| 21–44 | 23.1 (15.3–30.7) | 25.3 | 14.3 | 81.6 | 86.3 | 45–54 | 36.0 (24.4–47.6) | 30.1 | 29.0 | 97.9 | 101.1 |
| Reference values [16] | | | | | | Age | Mean | SD | Median | 95th | 97.5th |
| 18–44 | 27.7 | 25.5 | 20.0 | 62.9 | 85.8 | 45–54 | 39.0 | 63.6 | 21.6 | 83.9 | 121 |
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