TNNT2 and diabetes mellitus: After adjusting for a panel of sociodemographic and cardiovascular risk factors (age, diabetes, SBP, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, eGFR, smoking, blood pressure medication use, BMI and cTnT [plus allowing for sex interactions with each risk factor]) females still had higher odds of an elevated NT-proBNP (OR, 9.48 [95% CI, 5.60–16.1]).