NPPB and type 2 diabetes mellitus: These correlations with age were particularly evident in CTR subjects (hs-cTnI, ρ = 0.29, p = 0.001; NT-proBNP, ρ = 0.59, p < 0.001), whereas weaker correlations were observed in T2DM patients (hs-cTnI, ρ = 0.26, p < 0.001; NT-proBNP, ρ = 0.49, p < 0.001).