Independent predictors of the composite outcome, ranked by χ2 value, were log-transformed NT-proBNP, history of ventricular arrhythmia, LVEF, systolic blood pressure, history of myocardial infarction, male sex, body mass index, serum sodium concentration, non-white race, treatment with dapagliflozin, and CRT (Table 2). Here, NPPB is linked to Ventricular arrhythmia.