Fig. 1

Cumulative incidence of (a) non-CV death, (b) CV death, (c) nonfatal MACE, and (d) hospitalization for congestive heart failure (CHF) according to OPG serum levels. Quintiles categorized as Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, and Q5. Cumulative incidence derived from the unadjusted cause-specific hazard estimates (Model 1) by application of the Aalen-Johansen estimator. CV cardiovascular, OPG osteoprotegerin, MACE major adverse cardiovascular event