CD5L and metabolic syndrome: Cox proportional hazards models revealed that CD5L was an independent predictor of CV events (hazard ratio [HR], 1.17; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.0–1.36) after adjusting for CV risk factors such as age, sex, diabetes, waist circumference, smoking, systolic blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and CKD stage (Table 2).