First of all, we adopted the best subset approaches, selected the variable combination of minimum BIC: hematocrit, WBC, pulse pressure, d-dimer (Fig. 2A1,A2); and the variable combination of maximum adjusted R squared: hematocrit, WBC, hs-CRP, NT-probNP, pulse pressure, history of stroke, d-dimer, UA (Fig. 2B1,B2). Here, CRP is linked to Stroke.