The characteristics of study samples according to HNA level and the baseline cardiovascular disease history.

Note: The superscript numbers in parentheses indicate the number of missing values. *A significant association indicated by Spearman’s correlation test. Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease; HNA, human non-mercaptoalbumin; HMA, human mercaptoalbumin; HNA1, human non-mercaptoalbumin-1; HNA2, human non-mercaptoalbumin-2; BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; hsCRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein; WBC, white blood cells; ferritin, serum ferritin; FBS, fasting blood sugar; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C/Chol, the HDL-C to total cholesterol ratio; LDL-C/Chol, the LDL-C to total cholesterol ratio. aOne patient with preexisting CVD and DM has unknown HTN status.