Computerized tomography measured liver fat is associated with low levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic protein (NT-proBNP). Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Otto A. Sanchez; Mariana Lazo-Elizondo; Irfan Zeb; Russell P. Tracy; Ryan Bradley; Daniel A. Duprez; Hossein Bahrami; Carmen A. Peralta; Lori B. Daniels; João A. Lima; Alan Maisel; David R. Jacobs; Mathew J. Budoff

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Computerized tomography measured liver fat is associated with low levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic protein (NT-proBNP). Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Otto A. Sanchez, Mariana Lazo-Elizondo, Irfan Zeb, Russell P. Tracy, Ryan Bradley, Daniel A. Duprez, Hossein Bahrami, Carmen A. Peralta, Lori B. Daniels, João A. Lima, Alan Maisel, David R. Jacobs, Mathew J. Budoff

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Background and Aims N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is inversely associated with diabetes mellitus, obesity and metabolic syndrome. We aim to characterize the association between NT-proBNP and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition strongly associated with metabolic syndrome. Methods 4529 participants from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) free of cardiovascular disease, without self-reported liver disease and not diabetic at their baseline visit in 2000-2002 were included in this analysis. NAFLD was defined by a liver attenuation < 40 HU. Relative prevalence (RP) for NAFLD was assessed adjusted for age, race, and sex, percentage of dietary calories derived from fat, total intentional exercise, alcoholic drinks per week, and interleukin-6 by quintiles of NT-proBNP. Adjusted linear spline model was used to characterize a non-linear association between NT-proBNP and liver fat. The inflection point (IP) was the NT-proBNP concentration where there was a change in slope in the association between liver attenuation and NT-proBNP. Results RP for NAFLD decreased by 30% from the lowest to the highest quintile of NT-proBNP, p = 0.01. We observed an inverse linear association between NT-proBNP and liver fat, which plateaued (IP) at an NT-proBNP concentration of 45 pg/mL. Linear regression coefficient (SE) per unit of NT-proBNP less than and greater than or equal to IP was of 0.05 (0.02), p = 0.001 and 0.0006 (0.0008), p = 0.5, respectively; differences between slopes, p < 0.0001. Conclusions In this cross-sectional study of a community based multiethnic sample of non-diabetic adults, low levels of NT-proBNP are associated with greater prevalence of NAFLD.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	728-735
Number of pages	8
Journal	Metabolism: clinical and experimental
Volume	65
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2016.02.001
State	Published - May 1 2016

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This research was supported by contracts N01-HC-95159 through N01-HC-95169 and grants grant R01 HL071739 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and by grants UL1-TR-000040 and UL1-TR-001079 from NCRR , and by Roche Diagnostics.

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The authors also thank the investigators and staff of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) for their valuable contributions. A full list of MESA investigators and institutions can be found at http://www.mesa-nhlbi.org/. This researchwas supported by contracts N01-HC-95159 through N01-HC-95169 and grants grant R01 HL071739 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and by grants UL1-TR-000040 and UL1-TR-001079 from NCRR, and by Roche Diagnostics

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Natriuretic peptides
Non-alcohol fatty liver disease

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Sanchez, O. A., Lazo-Elizondo, M., Zeb, I., Tracy, R. P., Bradley, R., Duprez, D. A., Bahrami, H., Peralta, C. A., Daniels, L. B., Lima, J. A., Maisel, A., Jacobs, D. R., & Budoff, M. J. (2016). Computerized tomography measured liver fat is associated with low levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic protein (NT-proBNP). Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Metabolism: clinical and experimental, 65(5), 728-735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2016.02.001

Computerized tomography measured liver fat is associated with low levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic protein (NT-proBNP). Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. / Sanchez, Otto A.; Lazo-Elizondo, Mariana; Zeb, Irfan et al.

In: Metabolism: clinical and experimental, Vol. 65, No. 5, 01.05.2016, p. 728-735.

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Sanchez, OA, Lazo-Elizondo, M, Zeb, I, Tracy, RP, Bradley, R, Duprez, DA, Bahrami, H, Peralta, CA, Daniels, LB, Lima, JA, Maisel, A, Jacobs, DR & Budoff, MJ 2016, 'Computerized tomography measured liver fat is associated with low levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic protein (NT-proBNP). Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis', Metabolism: clinical and experimental, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 728-735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2016.02.001

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