Table 2.

Relationship between tertiles of lipid parameters and long-term outcomes

Parameters	All-Cause Mortality		CVD Mortality		Kidney Failure
	Unadjusted	Adjusteda	Unadjusted	Adjusteda	Unadjusted	Adjusteda
TC
tertile 1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
tertile 2	1.29, 0.92 to 1.82	1.13, 0.79 to 1.61	1.12, 0.73 to 1.71	0.86, 0.55 to 1.36	1.11, 0.90 to 1.36	0.95, 0.77 to 1.18
tertile 3	1.35, 0.96 to 1.90	1.05, 0.73 to 1.51	1.11, 0.72 to 1.71	0.81, 0.51 to 1.29	1.04, 0.85 to 1.8	0.94, 0.76 to 1.17
NHDL-C
tertile 1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
tertile 2	1.39, 0.98 to 1.97	1.16, 0.80 to 1.66	1.29, 0.89 to 1.98	0.98, 0.62 to 1.53	1.23, 0.99 to 1.51	1.17, 0.94 to 1.45
tertile 3	1.58, 1.12 to 2.23	1.12, 0.78 to 1.60	1.24, 0.80 to 1.93	0.82, 0.52 to 1.30	1.18, 0.96 to 1.45	1.01, 0.80 to 1.25
TG
tertile 1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
tertile 2	1.03, 0.73 to 1.44	0.91, 0.64 to 1.29	1.32, 0.87 to 2.03	1.27, 0.82 to 1.97	0.88, 0.72 to 1. 09	0.89, 0.71 to 1.10
tertile 3	1.18, 0.85 to 1.65	0.94, 0.66 to 1.34	1.11, 0.71 to 1.74	0.96, 0.60 to 1.54	1.04, 0.85 to 1.27	0.99, 0.80 to 1.23
HDL-C
tertile 1	1.38, 0.98 to 1.95	1.17, 0.78 to 1.74	1.26, 0.82 to 1.91	1.04, 0.64 to 1.70	1.44, 1.18 to 1.78	1.10, 0.85 to 1.42
tertile 2	1.39, 0.99 to 1.96	1.34, 0.93 to 1.95	1.03, 0.67 to 1.60	0.98, 0.61 to 1.57	1.17, 0.95 to 1.44	1.04, 0.87 to 1.38
tertile 3	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

Data presented as HR, 95% CI. HRs are per mg/dl increase for TC, HDL-C, and NHDL-C and per unit change in log-transformed TG.

^aModels adjusted for randomization assignments to protein diets and BP strata, age, race, gender, body mass index, systolic BP, history of CVD or diabetes, current cigarette smoking, proteinuria, etiology of kidney disease, and GFR.