Adjustments for smoking, diabetes, hypertension, extent of CAD at angiography, LVEF, heart failure, previous peripheral artery disease, AMI, stroke, and coronary artery bypass (HR 3.31, CI 1.22–8.97, P = 0.019; Model 7, Table 3) and for fibrinogen and CRP (HR 3.13, CI 1.16–8.47, P = 0.025; Model 8, Table 3) did not affect the association between Absmax and AMI. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is Stroke.