AQT90 FLEX NTproBNP2 Test Kit - 23004 - Reference Interval Study

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject must have given their valid consent to donate their sample in the samplebank

• Subjects must have been 18 years of age or older at the time of sample collection

• Subject must have answered yes, to being generally healthy, in the healthquestionnaire

• Subjects must, as a minimum, have completed questions regarding age, gender, race,and ethnicity

Exclusion Criteria:

Answered yes to any of the conditions below (Information gathered from a self-reported health questionnaire or results from blood sample tests):

• Current medications for treating cardiovascular diseases at the time of samplecollection

• Current antibiotics (Indicates ongoing infections)

• Known to suffer from any of the illnesses below at the time of sample collection:

• Disease(s) of/or affecting the cardiovascular system

• Congestive heart failure

• Hypertension

• Previous history of any heart disease

• Diabetes (Either self-reported in questionnaire or a glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) in the diabetic range (above 6.4%)

• Renal dysfunction or failure (An estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)below 60 mL/min/1.73m2.) This is to be calculated using information on age, sexand creatinine using the 2021 chronic kidney disease epidemiology (CKD-EPI)creatinine equation.

• Cancer or history of cancer