Table 2 Relative risk

Urea nitrogen [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

5.61

5.05

6.23

Creatinine [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

4.48

4.17

4.82

Natriuretic peptide B [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

4.18

3.25

5.37

Prothrombin time (PT) in Platelet poor plasma by Coagulation assay

3.59

2.75

4.69

Microalbumin/Creatinine [Mass Ratio] in Urine

3.3

2.97

3.68

Glucose [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

3.21

2.84

3.63

Glucose [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma --8 h fasting

2.89

2.61

3.19

Hemoglobin A1c/Hemoglobin.total in Blood

2.62

2.41

2.84

CD3 + CD8+ (T8 suppressor cells) cells [#/volume] in Blood

2.6

1.3

5.2

Microalbumin [Mass/volume] in Urine

2.5

2.27

2.75

Q-T interval corrected

2.28

2.03

2.55

Neutrophils/100 leukocytes in Blood by Automated count

2.17

2.01

2.35

Monocytes [#/volume] in Blood by Automated count

2.06

1.81

2.35

Neutrophils [#/volume] in Blood by Automated count

1.98

1.8

2.17

Glucose mean value [Mass/volume] in Blood Estimated from glycated hemoglobin

1.94

1.8

2.09

Eosinophils/100 leukocytes in Blood by Automated count

1.85

1.71

2.01

Carcinoembryonic Ag [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

1.84

1.22

2.8

QRS duration

1.81

1.62

2.02

CD3 cells [#/volume] in Blood

1.75

0.87

3.49

Potassium [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma

1.64

1.56

1.73

T wave axis.frontal plane Reference beat

1.62

1.47

1.78

Alkaline phosphatase [Enzymatic activity/volume] in Serum or Plasma

1.47

1.33

1.62

Hemoglobin F/Hemoglobin.total in Blood by HPLC

1.4

0.52

3.72

Iron binding capacity [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

0.21

0.19

0.22

Cholesterol in LDL [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma by calculation

0.27

0.26

0.28

Cholesterol non HDL [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

0.28

0.26

0.29

Cholesterol in LDL [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

0.31

0.29

0.33

Cholesterol [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

0.32

0.31

0.33

Albumin [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

0.33

0.31

0.36

Lymphocytes/100 leukocytes in Blood by Automated count

0.38

0.34

0.44

Hematocrit [Volume Fraction] of Blood by Automated count

0.46

0.44

0.47

Iron [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

0.56

0.51

0.62

Cholesterol in HDL [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma

0.65

0.63

0.68

Sodium [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma

0.72

0.69

0.75

Chloride [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma

0.72

0.69

0.75

Carbon dioxide

0.78

0.75

0.82

Glomerular filtration rate/1.73 sq M.predicted by Creatinine-based formula (MDRD)

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Eosinophils [#/volume] in Blood by Automated count

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