NPPB and hypertensive disorder: When the clinical, laboratory, electrograph and electrocardiographic data were considered, univariate analysis revealed that age, history of hypertension, ventricular premature beat, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, P duration, QRS duration, left ventricle diameter, LVEF, right ventricle diameter, left atrium diameter, NT-pro-BNP, serum bilirubin, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine and fasting blood glucose were significant predictors of all-cause mortality in patients with DCM.