NPPB and Hypertension: General data were compared between the two groups (Table 1): the percentage of patients with hypertension, CAF, BNP, NLR, D-dimer, uric acid concentration in the CBS (score of 0–6) group, percentage of patients with PTFV1 < −0.03 mm s, gal-3, and TGF-β1 were higher in the CBS (score of 0–6) group compared with the CBS (score of 7–10) group (P-value < 0.05).