Table 5. Relative risk of mortality in multivariate Cox regression analysis.

		Multivariate analysis
	RR	HR (95% CI)	P
HS-CRP (mg/L)	1.014	1.003–1.026	0.02
Age	1.042	1.011–1.074	0.01
Diabetes mellitus	3.381	1.578–7.243	0.002
Albumin (g/dL)	0.289	0.156–0.535	<0.001
Cardiovascular events	2.839	1.309–6.160	0.008

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Abbreviations: RR, relative risk; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; HS-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.