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Let \(M\) be an oriented hypersurface in an \((n+1)\)-dimensional Riemannian manifold \(W\). We denote by \(\lambda_1,\dots, \lambda_n\) the principal curvatures at a point \(p\in M\). The \(r\)th curvature \(\kappa_r\) of \(M\) at the point \(p\) is defined by \[ \kappa_r= \sum_{i_1<\cdots< i_r} \lambda_{i_1}\cdots \lambda_{i_r}, \qquad r=1,\dots, n. \] For a given real number \(a\) we consider the class of closed hypersurfaces \[ {\mathcal S}_r(a,W)= \{M\subset W: \kappa_r\equiv a\}. \] In this note, we consider immersions of \(M\) into \(W= Q^4(c)\) where \(Q^4(c)\) stands for \(H^4\), \(\mathbb{R}^4\) or \(S^4\). We prove the following two theorems. Theorem 1. Let \(M\in{\mathcal S}_1(H,Q^4)\cap {\mathcal S}_2(a,Q^4)\) with distinct principal curvatures and nonnegative scalar curvature \(\kappa\). Then \(\kappa\equiv 0\) and \(M\) is isoparametric. In particular, \(c=1\) and \(M\) is one of the hypersurfaces in the isoparametric family obtained from Cartan's example. Theorem 2. Let \(M\in{\mathcal S}_2(H,Q^4)\cap {\mathcal S}_3(K,Q^4)\) with \(K\neq 0\), nonnegative scalar curvature and distinct principal curvatures. Then \(c=1\), \(\kappa\equiv 0\) and \(M\) is one isoparametric hypersurface in Cartan's family. In \S 1 we give an integral formula involving the mean \((H)\), scalar \((\kappa)\) and Gauss-Kronecker \((K)\) curvatures for immersed hypersurfaces \(M\subset Q^4(c)\). The proofs of Theorems 1 and 2 are given in \S 2 and \S 3, respectively. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0825.00041].