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Figure 1 Cumulative incidence of all-cause mortality or myocardial infarction (MI) during follow-up by coronary artery disease (CAD) score and C-reactive protein (CRP). Among 2,554 patients presenting with stable or unstable angina, the extent of CAD was defined as a CAD score (total number of lesions + total number of moderate and severe coronary vessels). A CAD score of 0 equals a normal angiogram. Subjects with a positive score were divided into quartiles. C-reactive protein was defined as low (<1 mg/dl, 28% of patients), moderately elevated (1.0 to 2.0 mg/dl, 55% of patients) or highly elevated (>2 mg/dl, 17% of patients). The percent of each group with death or MI during follow-up is noted on each column.