These associations remain evident at all follow‐up time points for CVD death and MACCE 2 (with cardiovascular death) outcomes and for all‐cause death and MACCE 1 (with all‐cause death) at 5 years follow‐up after further adjustment for smoking, BMI, BP treatment, SBP, diabetes, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, blood glucose, and CRP (model 2; Table S2) and COPD, eGFR, and HCMV antibody (model 3; Table 4). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and diabetes mellitus.