After adjusting for age ≥ 75 years, a presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and CKD stages 1–3, the levels of NT-proBNP ≥ 1440 pmol/mL and adropin ≤ 2.95 ng/mL were independent predictors of new onset AF in patients HFpEF. This evidence concerns the gene NPPB and atrial fibrillation.