Table 5.

C‐statistics of adjusted models without or with biomarkers

		CRP		Fibrinogen		IL‐6
Event	Models	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
HF	Without biomarker	0.818 (0.027)	0.82 (0.023)	0.823 (0.026)	0.82 (0.023)	0.834 (0.027)	0.823 (0.024)
	With categorized biomarker	0.824 (0.028)	0.821 (0.024)	0.822 (0.026)	0.831 (0.022)	0.848 (0.023)	0.828 (0.024)
	With recent measure only	0.829 (0.026)	0.825 (0.024)	0.826 (0.025)	0.647 (0.038)	0.833 (0.026)	0.835 (0.023)
	With annual change and baseline level	0.825 (0.027)	0.824 (0.023)	0.825 (0.026)	0.625 (0.037)	0.863 (0.027)	0.832 (0.023)
CVD	Without biomarker	0.728 (0.023)	0.708 (0.018)	0.729 (0.023)	0.704 (0.018)	0.721 (0.025)	0.717 (0.018)
	With categorized biomarker	0.727 (0.023)	0.715 (0.018)	0.736 (0.021)	0.706 (0.018)	0.723 (0.025)	0.717 (0.018)
	With recent measure only	0.728 (0.023)	0.717 (0.017)	0.729 (0.023)	0.712 (0.018)	0.723 (0.025)	0.717 (0.018)
	With annual change and baseline level	0.728 (0.023)	0.715 (0.017)	0.733 (0.022)	0.711 (0.017)	0.722 (0.025)	0.713 (0.018)
Death	Without biomarker	0.768 (0.018)	0.766 (0.015)	0.765 (0.018)	0.768 (0.015)	0.765 (0.02)	0.768 (0.016)
	With categorized biomarker	0.769 (0.018)	0.766 (0.015)	0.764 (0.018)	0.77 (0.015)	0.77 (0.02)	0.783 (0.015)
	With recent measure only	0.768 (0.018)	0.768 (0.015)	0.764 (0.018)	0.772 (0.015)	0.765 (0.02)	0.79 (0.015)
	With annual change and baseline level	0.771 (0.018)	0.768 (0.015)	0.769 (0.018)	0.771 (0.015)	0.766 (0.02)	0.788 (0.015)

Standard errors are in parentheses. Bold numbers belong to the models with significant association between event and biomarker.