Fig. 3


Restricted cubic spline curves of relations between AISI with all-cause (A), cardiovascular mortality (B) and cardio-cerebrovascular mortality (C). Analysis was adjusted for gender, age, race, education level, marital status, body mass index, white blood cell, lymphocyte, monocyte, segmented neutrophils, hemoglobin, platelet, cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid, creatinine, smokers, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, stroke, hypertension, high cholesterol level, diabetes mellitus. The solid and dashed lines symbolize the hazard ratios and corresponding 95% confidence intervals, respectively.