Association of CRP with CHD in five new cohort studies. Total number included across all 5 cohorts 13, 978, of whom 3,625 had either prevalent or incident CHD

*Prevalent cases are cases of CHD that were determined at the same time that CRP levels were assessed (i.e. these associations are cross-sectional); Incident cases were new occurrences of CHD that occurred after the baseline assessment of CRP. In the analyses with incident cases only, those with prevalent CHD were excluded.
†BWHHS includes women only; Caerphilly, Speedwell & HIMS include men only; Whitehall II includes women and men–the association of CRP with CHD was the same in women and men (all p-values for interaction >0.5) and results are presented for women and men combined with adjustment for sex
$Adjusted for body mass index, smoking, physical activity and socioeconomic position in addition to age and sex.
For this study Whitehall II only has prevalent cases of CHD (i.e. individuals who already had CHD at the time that blood samples were taken for CRP levels and CRP genotype)