Figure 1.

(A) Increased prevalence of LV hypertrophy over 1 year. (B) Increased prevalence and severity of diastolic dysfunction over 1 year. (C) More advanced CKD showed more decline in eGFR over 1 year. (D) More advanced CKD showed greater increase in prevalence of LV hypertrophy and more deterioration in LV geometric pattern over 1 year. (E) More advanced CKD showed greater increase in prevalence and severity of diastolic dysfunction over 1 year. Diastolic function was graded according to the recommendation by the American Society of Echocardiography as normal, grades I (mild), II (moderate), and III (severe) diastolic dysfunction.²² Diastolic function was not graded in 10 patients with atrial fibrillation at baseline and in an additional 5 patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation at 1 year.