CRP and heart failure: Supplementary Table 1 presented the baseline characteristics of patients included (n = 3,831) and excluded (n = 6,922) due to missing CRP levels or LVEF data. Although few variables such as de novo heart failure, estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2, smoking, NYHA class, blood pressure, and medications differ between included and excluded patients, baseline characteristics were overall comparable between the two groups.