C-Reactive Protein and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Yield Either a Non-Significant or a Modest Incremental Value to Traditional Risk Factors in Predicting Long-Term Overall Mortality in Older Adults

• Alline M. Beleigoli,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Post-Graduation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Eric Boersma,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Maria de Fátima H. Diniz,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Post-Graduation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Pedro G. Vidigal,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Antonio L. Ribeiro

  * E-mail: abeleigoli@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Post-Graduation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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