NPPB and diabetes mellitus: Compared to patients without diabetes, those with diabetes had more hypertension (58.83% vs. 67.11%; p = 0.008), previous PCI (48.15% vs. 55.61%; p = 0.020) and stroke (10.40% vs. 15.24%; p = 0.020), lower diastolic blood pressure, hemoglobin, CrCL, CK, and CK-MB level and higher FPG, NT-proBNP level (p < 0.05, Table 1).