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Table 2 Correlates of natriuretic peptide in patients with COPD

From: B-type natriuretic peptides in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review

Study

n

Natriuretic peptide

FEV1

PaO2

Troponin

CRP

LVEF

PAP

RV dysfunction

Echo

Anar [29]

80 stable

NT–BNP

r = −0.06 p = 0.73

r = −0.14 p = 0.40

–

–

r = −0.22 p = 0.40

r = 0.39p = 0.01

RVD r = 0.36 p = 0.02

Bozkanat [28]

38 stable

BNP

r = −0.65 p < 0.001

r = −0.70 p < 0.001

–

–

–

r = 0.68 p < 0.001

–

Chi [84]

61 stable

NT–BNP

r = −0.56 p < 0.001

r = −0.35 p = 0.03

–

–

–

r = 0.44 p = 0.001

–

Hemlin [73]

25 stable

BNP

–

–

–

–

–

r = 0.54 p = 0.02

–

Hwang [85]

31 stable

NT–BNP

r = −0.26 p = ns

–

–

–

–

r = 0.59 p = 0.002

–

Inoue [35]

60 stable

BNP

p = ns

p = ns

–

–

r = −0.41 p = 0.02

r = 0.5 p = 0.004

–

Kim [75]

22 stable

NT–BNP

p = ns

–

–

–

–

r = 0.51 p = 0.02

–

Mansour [86]

57 stable

BNP

r = −0.49 p < 0.01

r = −0.44 p < 0.05

–

–

–

r = 0.49 p < 0.01

–

Ozdemirel [19]

31 Stable

BNP

r = −0.44 p = 0.001

–

–

–

–

r = 0.65 p = 0.02

RVEF r = 0.09 p = 0.51

Kanat [31]

37 AECOPD

BNP

–

p = ns

–

–

–

–

r = 0.474 p = 0.008

Lee [37]

18 AECOPD

NT-BNP

–

–

–

–

r s  = −0.76 p < 0.001

p = ns

TAPSE r s  = 0.51 p = 0.04

El Mallawany [39]

20 AECOPD

NT–BNP

–

r = 0.19 p = 0.41

–

r = 0.09 p = 0.71

r = −0.58 p = 0.007

–

–

Nishimura [36]

54 AECOPD

BNP

–

–

–

–

r s  = −0.22 p = 0.108

–

–

Ouanes [43]

120 AECOPD

NT–BNP

–

–

–

–

r = −0.296 p = 0.008

–

–

Wang [32]

311 AECOPD

NT–BNP

–

–

–

–

r = −0.35 p < 0.001

r = 0.283 p < 0.001

–

No Echo

Chang [44]

244 AECOPD

NT-BNP

–

p = ns

r s  = 0.46 p < 0.001

r s  = 0.16 p = 0.01

–

–

–

Fujii [71]

21 Stable

BNP

r = −0.30 p = ns

r = −0.39 p = ns

–

–

–

r = 0.28 p = ns

–

Hoiseth [45]

99 AECOPD

NT-BNP

–

–

r = 0.34 p = 0.0006

–

–

–

–

Martins [82]

173 AECOPD

BNP

–

–

r = 0.06 p = 0.4

–

–

–

–

Patel [38]

98 AECOPD

NT–BNP

–

–

r = 0.50 p < 0.001

r = 0.46 p < 0.001

–

–

–

Stolz [33]

208 AECOPD

BNP

r = 0.104 p = 0.222

r = 0.115 p = 0.191

–

r = 0.246 p = 0.001

–

–

–

  1. BNP brain natriuretic peptide; FEV 1 forced expiratory volume in one second; FVC forced vital capacity; GFR glomerular filtration rate; IL–8 interleukin 8; LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction; NT-proBNP N-terminal proBNP; PaO 2 arterial partial pressure of oxygen; PAP pulmonary artery pressure; PVR pulmonary vascular resistance; r s Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient; RV right ventricle; RVD right ventricular diameter; RVEF right ventricular ejection fraction; TAPSE tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion