CRP and diabetes mellitus: After adjustment for these cofounding factors, multivariate Cox regression model revealed that high MLR (HR = 2.518, 95% CI = 1.020–6.214, P = 0.045), age (HR = 3.791, 95% CI = 2.261–6.357, P < 0.001), diabetes (HR = 1.884, 95% CI = 1.049–3.382, P = 0.034), CVD history (HR = 2.374, 95% CI = 1.326–4.249, P = 0.004), hemoglobin (HR = 1.058, 95% CI = 1.018–1.099, P = 0.004), CRP (HR = 1.016, 95% CI = 1.002–1.030, P = 0.021), and LDL-C (HR = 1.620, 95% CI = 1.157–2.269, P = 0.005) were independently and significantly related to all-cause mortality (Table 3).