Relationship between hs-CRP at admission time and cardiovascular and death events Characteristics Mean Median (quartile range) Min Max p Heart failure Yes (n = 55) 29, 3 7, 5 (2, 3 - 31, 2) 0, 4 324, 8 < 0, 001 No (n = 107) 6, 9 2, 4 (0, 9 - 6, 9) 0, 1 109, 7 Death Yes (n=15) 14, 9 7, 8 (7, 5 - 27, 7) 7, 2 37, 0 > 0, 05 No (n = 147) 12, 9 2, 6 (1, 0 - 8, 5) 0, 1 324, 8 - The mean of hs-CRP at admission was much higher between patients with heart failure and without heart failure with p <0.001.