Univariate survival analysis in the subgroup of those without diabetes (n = 53) revealed statistically significant factors in predicting CVE-free survival time as follows: sTWEAK HR = 1.0002, 95% CI (1.00002, 1.0005), p = 0.029; smoking (current and former) HR = 3.21, 95% CI (1.26, 8.20), p = 0.015; near statistically significant serum albumin HR = 0.14, 95% CI (0.02, 1.24), p = 0.077; and DBP HR = 0.96, 95% CI (0.91, 1.00), p = 0.060. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and diabetes mellitus.