Our results for a prospective cohort on the inverse association between NT-pro-BNP levels and T2D risk are in line with previous cross-sectional data [3] and a very recently published analysis of the FINRISK97 study in which the prospective association of 31 biomarkers, including BNP and NT-pro-BNP, with T2D was examined [11]. Here, NPPB is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.