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. 2010 Aug;21(8):1361–1369. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2009060654

Table 3.

IRRs for CVD death, total mortality, CVD composite events, and ESRD for the AASK

Patient Subgroup ESRD/CVD Death
ESRD/CVD Composite
ESRD/All Death
IRR (95% CI) P Interaction P IRR (95% CI) P Interaction P IRR (95% CI) P Interaction P
All patients 5.01 (3.77 to 6.66) <0.001 1.21 (1.02 to 1.43) 0.025 1.80 (1.48 to 2.17) <0.001
Age (years)
    ≤55 8.76 (5.66 to 13.55) <0.001 <0.001 1.89 (1.49 to 2.38) <0.001 <0.001 3.98 (2.92 to 5.42) <0.001 <0.001
    >55 2.78 (1.90 to 4.07) <0.001 0.72 (0.57 to 0.92) 0.009 0.89 (0.68 to 1.16) 0.38
Baseline UP/Cr
    ≤0.22 2.35 (1.65 to 3.34) <0.001 <0.001 0.60 (0.47 to 0.76) <0.001 <0.001 0.89 (0.69 to 1.14) 0.35 <0.001
    >0.22 12.18 (7.13 to 20.8) <0.001 2.62 (2.01 to 3.41) <0.001 3.92 (2.89 to 5.32) <0.001
Education
    high school or higher 6.48 (4.35 to 9.63) <0.001 0.03 1.59 (1.26 to 2.00) <0.001 <0.001 2.37 (1.84 to 3.06) <0.001 <0.001
    lower than high school 3.49 (2.28 to 5.34) <0.001 0.82 (0.63 to 1.06) 0.13 1.24 (0.93 to 1.64) 0.14
Gender
    female 4.37 (3.08 to 6.19) <0.001 0.24 1.41 (1.08 to 1.84) 0.01 0.14 2.60 (1.87 to 3.61) <0.001 0.005
    male 6.26 (3.90 to 10.05) <0.001 1.09 (0.89 to 1.34) 0.40 1.46 (1.17 to 1.84) 0.001
Income
    <$15,000 4.86 (3.26 to 7.26) <0.001 0.58 1.07 (0.86 to 1.35) 0.54 0.20 1.75 (1.33 to 2.30) <0.001 0.66
    ≥$15,000 5.86 (3.44 to 10.00) <0.001 Reference 1.38 (1.02 to 1.86) 0.04 Reference 1.91 (1.39 to 2.62) <0.001 Reference
    declined to answer 4.21 (2.20 to 8.08) <0.001 0.18 1.32 (0.89 to 1.96) 0.16 0.87 1.74 (1.11 to 2.71) 0.02 0.512
Mean baseline GFR
    >40 2.39 (1.66 to 3.45) <0.001 0.43 0.56 (0.44 to 0.71) <0.001 <0.001 0.95 (0.73 to 1.23) 0.68 <0.001
    ≤40 11.05 (6.70 to 18.20) <0.001 2.89 (2.22 to 3.76) <0.001 3.26 (2.49 to 4.28) <0.001
Preexisting CVD
    yes 3.33 (2.37 to 4.67) <0.001 <0.001 0.95 (0.76 to 1.17) 0.61 <0.001 1.40 (1.09 to 1.80) 0.009 <0.001
    no 8.83 (5.33 to 14.64) <0.001 1.58 (1.24 to 2.02) 0.0002 2.38 (1.79 to 3.16) <0.001

Shown are unadjusted IRRs. Follow-up for CVD events and mortality was terminated at occurrence of ESRD. The interaction P value tested whether IRRs differed between the indicated subgroups.