HRs and 95% CIs for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality according to spline eGFR and ACR adjusted for each other, age, gender, race, CVD history, systolic blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, and total cholesterol. The reference was eGFR 95 ml/min/1·73 m2 and ACR 5 mg/g (0·6 mg/mmol), respectively. Dots represent statistically significant and triangles represent not significant.