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Do NT-proBNP levels predict the risk of developing diabetes and subsequent diabetes-related vascular complications?
Do NT-proBNP levels predict the risk of developing diabetes and subsequent diabetes-related vascular complications?
NT-proBNP exhibits opposing associations, correlating with a lower initial risk of diabetes but acting as a predictor for microvascular and macrovascular complications once diabetes develops.
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NT-proBNP may refine diabetes risk stratification yet flag complications post-diagnosis; leaves open prospective validation before clinical use.
Although higher NT-proBNP levels are associated with lower diabetes risk, NT-proBNP is a biomarker for vascular complications in people who develop diabetes independent of potential confounders. Thus, NT-proBNP might be informative to monitor risk for diabetes-related microvascular and macrovascular complications, which should be further explored in future prospective studies.
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Birukov et al. (2020) studied this question.
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