The parsimonious multivariable model comprised age, diabetes, COPD, ln(NT-pro-BNP), global longitudinal strain, right ventricular ejection fraction, body surface area-indexed left atrial area, myocardial infarction (infarct late gadolinium enhancement), and myocardial extracellular volume (appendix pp 8–9). This evidence concerns the gene NPPB and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.