Relationship between N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide, Obesity and the Risk of Heart Failure in Middle-Aged German Adults

• Janine Wirth ,

  * E-mail: Janine.Wirth@dife.de

  Affiliation Research Group of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

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• Brian Buijsse,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

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• Romina di Giuseppe,

  Affiliation Research Group of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

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• Andreas Fritsche,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology, Vascular Disease and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Hans W. Hense,

  Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University Hospital, Münster, Germany

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• Sabine Westphal,

  Affiliation Department for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

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• Berend Isermann,

  Affiliation Department for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

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• Heiner Boeing,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

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• Cornelia Weikert

  Affiliations Research Group of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany

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