Table 3. Main effect and interaction effect of DM and inflammation (as assessed from hsCRP or SA) on all-cause or cardiovascular death.

	All-cause death		Cardiovascular death
	adjusted HR (95% CI)	P	adjusted HR (95% CI)	P
DM (non-DM as reference)	1.639(1.350-1.989)	<0.001	1.984(1.441-2.732)	<0.001
hsCRP (every 10 mg/L increase)	1.062(1.046-1.077)	<0.001	1.065(1.045-1.086)	<0.001
interaction effect of DM and hsCRP	1.005(1.001-1.009)	0.013	1.005(1.000-1.011)	0.05
DM (non-DM as reference)	2.295(1.104-3.489)	0.032	2.608(1.271-3.946)	0.036
SA (every 1 g/L increase)	0.887(0.856-0.919)	<0.001	0.885(0.866-0.904)	<0.001
interaction effect of DM and SA	1.044(1.012-1.077)	0.007	1.047(1.001-1.093)	0.021

DM: diabetes mellitus; hsCRP: high-sensitive C-reactive protein; SA: serum albumin