Patients were also divided into NT-proBNP tertiles (<14.7, 14.7-57.4, and >57.4 ng/l, respectively), and patients with high and intermediate P-NT-proBNP levels had higher WMH volume (geometric mean[SD]; (2.86[5.11] and 0.76[2.49], compared to patients with low P-NT-proBNP(0.20[2.28] , p = 0.003, Figure 2), and this was also significant when adjusting for age, sex and presence of CAD (p = 0.017). Here, NPPB is linked to coronary artery disorder.