Fig. 1.

Hazard ratios and 95 % confidence intervals of chronic kidney disease progression, death and cardiovascular events for individuals with prior contact with a nephrologist (vs. not). Adjusted for clinical center, age, gender, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, smoking, systolic BP, self-reported cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, BMI, baseline eGFR and urine protein excretion.