NPPB and diabetes mellitus: Central obesity was associated with higher odds of low NT-proBNP in logistic regression models adjusted for sex and age (OR 1.52 [1.10–2.10], p=0.01) and with further adjustment for smoking, diabetes, hypertension, eGFR, HCV antibodies, and BMI (aOR 1.66 [1.16–2.36], p=0.005) (Table 2).