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To identify a set of predictors of mortality among residents in the community, before any physical, biochemical, or image examination is performed, that could be collected on a routine standardized basis, to help the clinician define a patient follow‐up strategy and the health planner make decisions regarding the care of older people.

A household follow‐up study, with an evaluation at baseline and 2 years later.

Residential area, with a low rate of in‐ and outmigration, in Sao Paulo, a large industrialized urban center in southeastern Brazil.

One thousand six hundred sixty‐seven older urban residents in the community (65+), from different socioeconomic backgrounds, enrolled after a study area census.

Structured home interview with Brazilian Older Americans Resources and Services Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire …