Elevated Cardiac Biomarkers in Relatively Healthy U.S. Adults.

Among relatively healthy adults without significant CVD risk factors, elevated cardiac troponins and NT-proBNP are associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.Subclinical cardiovascular disease poses higher cardiovascular risk among relatively healthy adults than previously appreciated.Efforts to reduce population-wide CVD should consider novel methods for risk stratification and early intervention to mitigate preventable CVD.