NPPB and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia: Other studies have proposed alternative thresholds for NT-proBNP, like \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{wasysym}\usepackage{amsfonts}\usepackage{amssymb}\usepackage{amsbsy}\usepackage{mathrsfs}\usepackage{upgreek}\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}\begin{document}$$\hbox {NT-proBNP}>5180 \,\hbox {pg/mL}$$\end{document}NT-proBNP>5180pg/mL52, and found the dichotomized variable to be a predictor of both SCD and PFD.