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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2012 May;21(3):301–308. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e328352132d

Table 2.

Association of decreased GFR (<60 ml/min per 1.73 m2) by cystatin C and creatinine with adverse events in MESA and CHS

MESA CHS


HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)


n Demographic
Adjusteda
Fully Adjustedb n Demographic
Adjusteda
Fully Adjustedb
All-cause mortalityc
    GFR not decreased 5759 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 3639   1.00 (ref)   1.00 (ref)
    decreased GFRcreat only 614 0.76 (0.48, 1.20) 0.80 (0.50, 1.26) 605   1.10 (0.98, 1.22)   1.09 (0.98, 1.21)
    decreased GFRcys only 107 3.43 (1.96, 5.98) 3.23 (1.84, 5.67) 227   1.94 (1.67, 2.25)   1.78 (1.53, 2.08)
    decreased GFR both 269 1.97 (1.31, 2.96) 1.93 (1.27, 2.92) 689   1.96 (1.78, 2.16)   1.74 (1.58, 1.93)
Cardiovascular diseased
    GFR not decreased 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)   1.00 (ref)   1.00 (ref)
    decreased GFRcreat only 1.18 (0.78, 1.78) 1.22 (0.80, 1.85)   1.13 (0.99, 1.29)   1.05 (0.92, 1.20)
    decreased GFRcys only 2.22 (1.13, 4.39) 1.92 (0.97, 3.82)   1.83 (1.52, 2.21)   1.52 (1.26, 1.84)
    decreased GFR both 2.07 (1.32, 3.24) 1.67 (1.06, 2.63)   1.86 (1.65, 2.09)   1.46 (1.29, 1.65)
Heart failuree
    GFR not decreased   1.00 (ref)   1.00 (ref)
    decreased GFRcreat only   1.08 (0.91, 1.27)   0.99 (0.84, 1.18)
    decreased GFRcys only   2.12 (1.68, 2.66)   1.69 (1.33, 2.13)
    decreased GFR both   1.91 (1.64, 2.23)   1.43 (1.22, 1.67)
Kidney failuref
    GFR not decreased   1.00 (ref)   1.00 (ref)
    decreased GFRcreat only   2.67 (1.03, 6.90)   2.60 (1.00, 6.75)
    decreased GFRcys only   7.69 (2.78, 21.25)   6.14 (2.18, 17.29)
    decreased GFR only 30.95 (17.0, 56.34) 23.82 (12.68, 44.76)

ref, referent group.

a

Adjusted for age, race, and gender.

b

Adjusted for age, race, gender, diabetes, hypertension, LDL, HDL, CRP, and prevalent CVD for CHS (persons with baseline CVD were excluded for incident CVD analyses).

c

223 deaths for MESA and 3345 deaths for CHS.

d

212 events for MESA and 2249 events for CHS.

e

1407 events for CHS.

f

84 events for CHS.