The Cox regression for all-cause and CVD-mortality according to RTL quartiles shows that RTL is a predictor for CVD and all-cause mortality in the crude model as well as in the model adjusted for major cardiovascular risk factors, such as sex, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, body mass index, lipid lowering therapy, blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, smoking, CAD, high-sensitive C-reactive protein and estimated glomerular filtration rate (Table 2). Here, CRP is linked to diabetes mellitus.