Ischaemic cardiovascular event rates and HRs according to quartiles of baseline hsCRP in the whole cohort as well as in patients with increasing or decreasing hsCRP
| Baseline hsCRP | One-year changes in hsCRP from baseline | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Increase | Decrease | ||||||||
| Quartiles of baseline hsCRP | N | HR | Events per 1000 patient-years | N | HR | Events per 1000 patient-years | N | HR | Events per 1000 patient-years |
| 1st quartile | 422 | 1 | 29 | 171 | 1 | 37 | 231 | 1 | 21 |
| 2nd quartile | 412 | 1.64 (1.15 to 2.33)* | 50 | 143 | 1.61 (0.97 to 2.67) | 64 | 232 | 1.74 (1.01 to 3.02)* | 37 |
| 3rd quartile | 388 | 1.54 (1.08 to 2.22)* | 48 | 85 | 1.47 (0.81 to 2.66) | 58 | 258 | 1.75 (1.02 to 2.99)* | 38 |
| 4th quartile | 396 | 1.73 (1.21 to 2.46)* | 52 | 74 | 2.13 (1.22 to 3.71)* | 85 | 280 | 1.77 (1.04 to 3.01)* | 37 |
| 1st–3rd quartile | 1222 | 1.24 (0.96 to 1.61) | 399 | 1.62 (1.03 to 2.55) | 721 | 1.18 (0.82 to 1.69) | |||
*p<0.05.
hsCRP, high-sensitivity C reactive protein.