NPPB and hydrops fetalis: In another multicentric study on 92,072 patients hospitalized for HF, median BNP concentration on admission was found to be higher in Asian (1066 ng/L) and Black (866 ng/L) patients than in Whites (776 ng/L) and Hispanics (737 ng/L); nonetheless, increased BNP levels were predictive of higher in-hospital mortality and hospital length of stay irrespective of ethnicity [50].