[RESULTS] In Cox regression models that included age , ethnicity , smoking , blood pressure , medications , menopausal status , body mass index , and diabetes , hazard ratios for CVD across quartiles 1 to 4 of GlycA were 1.00 , 1.10 ( 95 % CI , 0.92 to 1.30 ) , 1.34 ( 95 % CI , 1.13 to 1.58 ) , and 1.64 ( 95 % CI , 1.39 to 1.93 ) , similar to hsCRP , for which hazard ratios were 1.00 , 1.18 ( 95 % CI , 0.99 to 1.41 ) , 1.35 ( 95 % CI , 1.14 to 1.61 ) , and 1.75 ( 95 % CI , 1.47 to 2.09 ) ( both Ptrend < 0.0001 ) .