Figure FIGURE.

 Kaplan–Meier plots of cumulative hazards for incident heart failure (HF) for all Strong Heart Study phase 2 (SHS2) participants by categories of C‐reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen (N=3098). The 75th percentile (CRP ≥7 mg/dL, fibrinogen ≥398 mg/dL) was used as a cutoff to consider an individual “positive” for a given inflammatory marker. Group 1 represents the individuals with CRP and fibrinogen levels <75th percentile; group 2 with CRP <75th percentile and fibrinogen >75th percentile; group 3 with CRP >75th percentile and fibrinogen <75th percentile; and group 4 had both inflammatory markers >75th percentile. Log‐rank test was used for comparison among the groups.