NT-proBNP Predicts All-Cause Mortality in a Population of Insurance Applicants, Follow-up Analysis and Further Observations.

Journal: Journal of insurance medicine (New York, N.Y.)
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: - Further refine the independent value of NT-proBNP, accounting for the impact of other test results, in predicting all-cause mortality for individual life insurance applicants with and without heart disease.

Authors

  • Michael Fulks
    Michael Fulks, Clinical Reference Laboratory, Jackson, CA; Valerie Kaufman, RGA Reinsurance Company, Chesterfield, MO; Michael Clark, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Horsham, PA; Robert L. Stout, Clinical Reference Laboratory, Lenexa, KS.
  • Valerie Kaufman
    Michael Fulks, Clinical Reference Laboratory, Jackson, CA; Valerie Kaufman, RGA Reinsurance Company, Chesterfield, MO; Michael Clark, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Horsham, PA; Robert L. Stout, Clinical Reference Laboratory, Lenexa, KS.
  • Michael Clark
    Michael Fulks, Clinical Reference Laboratory, Jackson, CA; Valerie Kaufman, RGA Reinsurance Company, Chesterfield, MO; Michael Clark, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Horsham, PA; Robert L. Stout, Clinical Reference Laboratory, Lenexa, KS.
  • Robert L Stout
    Michael Fulks, Clinical Reference Laboratory, Jackson, CA; Valerie Kaufman, RGA Reinsurance Company, Chesterfield, MO; Michael Clark, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Horsham, PA; Robert L. Stout, Clinical Reference Laboratory, Lenexa, KS.