After adjustment for confounders, levels of TEX SerpinG1 (aOR 1.55, p = 0.004) and SerpinF2 (aOR 0.71, p = 0.021) remained statistically significantly related to heart failure (Table 2), whereas CD14 and CystatinC TEX-levels did not. The gene discussed is SERPING1; the disease is heart failure.