CD5L and diabetes mellitus: The Cox model revealed that the independent predictive variables for CV events were CD5L (HR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.01–1.41), diabetes (HR, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.09–2.71), age (HR, 1.29; 95% CI, 0.99–1.68), smoking (HR, 2.03; 95% CI, 1.25–3.28) and dialysis (HR, 2.12; 95% CI, 1.17–3.84).