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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Nephrol. 2006 Nov-Dec;19(6):764–770.

Table 2.

Unadjusted Associations of Renal Function and Cardiovascular Outcome

Myocardial Infarction Cardiovascular Death or Non-Fatal MI
Normal Creatinine Elevated Creatinine P Value Normal Creatinine Elevated Creatinine P Value
Incidence Rate 25.56a 50.33a .001 31.14a 65.85a .004
Hazard Ratio Elevated Creatinine (95% CI) 1.98 (1.21-3.26) .006 2.02 (1.32-3.07) .007
Hazard Ratio Continuous Creatinineb (95% CI) 1.03(.0.96-1.05) 0.09 1.02 (.0.99-1.05) 0.12
a

Incidence rates per 1000 patient-years. b Hazard ratio per 0.1 mg/dL increase in serum creatinine

Elevated creatinine = serum creatinine>=1.3 mg/dL