NPPB and diabetes mellitus: This association also persisted after further adjustment for several established covariates, i.e., BMI, smoking status, localization of OA, diabetes mellitus, cholesterol, and cystatin C (hs-cTnT: HR 1.81 (95% CI 1.29–2.55), hs-cTnI: HR 1.98 (95% CI 1.35–2.88), NT-proBNP: HR 2.30 (95% CI 1.53–3.44)) with statistically significant p-values for the trend.