NPPB and Hypertension: However, in a multivariable regression model (including age, BMI, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, the number of stenotic vessels, eGFR, hsTnI, and NT‐proBNP), only NT‐proBNP levels were independently associated with Ang‐2 levels (standardized β = 0.474, P < 0.001, Figure 1).