Relations of Matrix Biomarkers to Risk of Cause-Specific Mortality and Cardiovascular Events.

Data are Cox proportional hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) per 1-standard deviation of the matrix biomarker. Models A adjusted for age and freezer time; models B additionally adjusted for systolic blood pressure, antihypertensive treatment, lipid-lowering treatment, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, total cholesterol, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and smoking status; models C additionally adjusted for C-reactive protein. CVD, cardiovascular disease.