Figure 5.
Age-standardized rates of death from any cause (panel a), cardiovascular events (panel b), and hospitalization (panel c), according to the eGFR among 1,120,295 ambulatory adults. eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate. From N Engl J Med, Go AS, Chertow GM, Fan D, et al.58 Chronic kidney disease and the risks of death, cardiovascular events, and hospitalization, 351: 1296-1305. Copyright © (2004) Massachusetts Medical Society. Reprinted with permission from Massachusetts Medical Society; accessed http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa041031