Figure 2.

Cumulative survival curves of mortality risks with respect to serum concentrations of VCAM-1 after adjusting for galectin-3, VCAM-1, albumin, age, CRP, nPCR, and smoking during follow-up. (A) There was an association between higher VCAM-1 concentrations (>1546.9 ng/mL) and incremental risk of all-cause mortality. (B) The association between higher VCAM-1 concentrations and CV mortality remained robust after multivariable adjustment. VCAM-1 = vascular cell adhesion molecule 1; CRP = C-reactive protein; nPCR = normalized protein catabolic rate.