NPPB and cancer: Like all‐cause and cardiovascular and cancer mortality, elevated NT‐proBNP was associated with significantly higher other‐cause mortality in the whole cohort in both unadjusted (HR = 6.34; 95% CI: 5.53, 7.26; p < 0.001) and adjusted (HR = 1.74; 95% CI: 1.53, 1.98; p < 0.001).