Figure 2.

Relation between CRP and incident cancer according to anatomical location of origin. Hazard ratios are adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, number of pack-years, body mass index, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, systolic blood pressure, and kidney function. Analyses for breast cancer and prostate cancer were performed in subgroups of women and men respectively. The number of events per number of women or men in C-reactive protein quintiles are given. Continuous analyses represent hazard ratios per 1 mg/L higher C-reactive protein concentration.