a Adjusted cause-specific hazard ratios for the association of the primary outcome by tertiles of each biomarker (controlling for sex, age, diabetes, dialysis, eGFR among non-dialysis patients, left ventricular ejection fraction and ischemia severity).
b Secondary outcome was the composite of cardiovascular or myocardial infarction.
Abbreviations: No., number, 3-yr CIF, 3-year Cumulative Incidence Function, Adj. HR, adjusted hazard ratio.