Clinical relevance of a raised plasma n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level in a population-based cohort of nonagenarians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 823-829

  Vaes, Bert ^a,b   De Ruijter, Wouter ^c   Degryse, Jan ^b   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^d   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^c  

^a Department of General Practice ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Departments of Public Health and Primary Care

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Natriuretic peptides; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONAGENARIAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NETHERLANDS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65449183343     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02218.x     Document Type: Article

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