Socioeconomic position is associated with N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)-Results of the population-based Heinz Nixdorf Recall study.

In the present study associations of education and income with NT-proBNP were observed in a population-based study sample. Only parts of the association were explained by traditional CVD risk factors, while there were substantial sex-differences in the strength of the observed association. Overt coronary heart disease or stroke did not seem to trigger the associations.