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Table 5 Prognostic significance of natriuretic peptides in COPD

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

 

n

Follow up

Echo (%)

Heart failure details

Natriuretic peptide threshold

Endpoints

Unadjusted risk

Adjusted risk

Stable

Inoue [35]

60

3 years

53

6% <50%

BNP > 34.2

death exacerbation

not significant increased

not significant HR 3.8 (1.2–12.7) p = 0.02

Gale [25]

140

1 year

100

11% EF < 45%

highest vs lowest quartile

death hospitalization

RR 3.0 (p = 0.001)

not significant not significant

Waschki [48]

170

48 months

100

–

–

death

HR 1.47 (1.05–2.06)

1.16 (0.97–1.39)

Andersen [42]

117

2.8 years

100

–

NT-proBNP <95 ng/L

death

HR 0.29 (0.09–0.97) p = 0.04

–

van Gestel [49]

144

1 year

100

ex EF ≤ 40%

NT-proBNP

>500 pg/ml

death

HR 4.5 (1.5–13.5)

HR 7.7 (1.6–37.4)

Zeng [50]

220

22 months

–

26% HF

–

death

–

1.61 (1.27–2.06)

Exacerbation

Stolz [33]

208

2 year

75

10% LVSD

per 100 pg/ml

death ICU admission

not significant 1.12 (1.03–1.22)

not significant 1.13 (1.0–1.24)

Lee [51]

67

inpatient

–

–

BNP >88 pg/ml

death

–

OR 21.2 (2.5–180.4)

Chang [44]

244

1 year

0

acute cardiac disease ex

NT-proBNP >220 pmol/L

death 30 day death 1 year

OR 9.0 (3.1 – 26.2) p < 0.001 1 year not significant

OR 7.5 (1.9–28.9) p = 0.004 1 year not significant

Marcun [34]

127

6 month

100

13% EF < 55% 42% DD

age/gender adjusted

death hospitalization

HR 5.49 (1.25-24.00) HR 1.34 (0.84-2.63)

HR 4.20 (1.07-14.01) HR 1.48 (0.60-3.69)

Medina [52]

192

1 year

0

exclude prior

NT-proBNP

>588 pg/ml

death

OR 3.90 (1.46-10.47) p = 0.006

OR 3.30 (1.11–9.85) p = 0.034

Hoiseth [45]

99

median 1.9 years

0

21% vs 9% tertile 3 vs 1

tertile 3 vs 1

death

HR 6.9 (3.0 – 16.0) p < 0.0001

HR 3.2 (1.3–8.1) p = 0.012

  1. BNP B-type natriuretic peptide; COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DD diastolic dysfunction; EF left ventricular ejection fraction; HF heart failure; HR hazard ratio; LVSD left ventricular systolic dysfunction; NT-proBNP N-terminal pro BNP; OR odds ratio; RR relative risk