Relationship between CCR and NT-proBNP in Chinese HF Patients, and Their Correlations with Severity of HF

Table 3

Spearman correlation analysis of relations between variables and the NYHA classification ().

Variable	Correlation coefficient	Sig (2-tailed)
NT-proBNP	0.87	0.00
CCR	0.74	0.00
Cr	0.69	0.00
LVEDD	0.44	0.00
UA	0.64	0.00

CCR: creatinine clearance rate; Cr: creatinine; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; NT-proBNP: N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; UA: uric acid.