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Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 Jan 19;3(2):159–164. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.875369

Table 3.

Association of creatinine-based estimated GFR with Sudden Cardiac Death

Measure and Outcome Creatinine-based eGFR and SCD	Tertile 1	Tertile 2	Tertile 3
Range of Values (ml/min/1.73m²)	≥88	68–87	≤67
No. of participants	1497	1481	1487
No of SCD events	23	31	37
Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
Unadjusted	1.00	1.55 (0.88, 2.75)	2.00 (1.16, 3.47)
Adjusted^*	1.00	1.31 (0.73, 2.36)	1.65 (0.93, 2.94)

Adjusted for age, gender, race, current smoking, alcohol use, LDL, HDL, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, aspirin, left ventricular hypertrophy, physical activity, family history of cardiovascular disease, and myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure as time dependent covariates