CRP and Stroke: The causes of death are presented in tertiles of log(hs-CRP) in Additional file 1: Table S1. When analyzed categorically using the first tertile as reference, no relation was found for myocardial infarction (HR 1.23, 95% CI 0.85–1.85), stroke (HR 0.67, 95% CI 0.37–1.20) or cardiovascular events (HR 1.24, 95% CI 0.91–1.68) (Table 2).