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NT-pro-BNP was evaluated in serum samples of 134 patients aged 80 \u00b1 6 years who presented to a single academic centre with worsening dyspnoea. History data and anthropometric, clinical, and biochemical parameters including GFR were collected at the time of admission. 119 out of 134 were discharged alive from hospital and were included in the follow-up of 779 \u00b1 370 days.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. 35 out of 119 subjects died after a follow-up of 266 \u00b1 251 days. Cox proportional hazards model showed that GFR and Ln (NT-pro-BNP) were predictors for all-cause mortality with estimated hazard ratios of 0.969 (95% confidence interval: 0.950\u20130.988;<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>) and 2.360 (95% confidence interval: 1.208\u20134.610;<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.012<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>), respectively. Patients characterized by high NT-pro-BNP levels and GFR \u2265 60\u2009mL\/min\/1.73\u2009m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>showed a dramatic reduction in survival duration compared with the groups with different combinations of the two variables (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.008<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>).<jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>. In the elderly, NT-pro-BNP and GFR are predictors of all-cause mortality after admission because of dyspnoea. 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