Table 3.

Association between albuminuria/proteinuria and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality

	Unadjusted		Adjusteda
	HR (95 % CI)	P value	HR (95 % CI)	P value
All-cause mortality
Albuminuria	2.20 (1.51–3.16)	<0.001	1.69 (1.11–2.54)	0.016
≥Trace proteinuria	2.00 (1.22–3.11)	0.007	1.61 (0.95–2.61)	0.075
≥(1+) proteinuria	2.54 (1.40–4.25)	0.003	1.75 (0.91–3.09)	0.090
Cardiovascular mortality
Albuminuria	3.84 (2.01–7.13)	<0.001	2.49 (1.21–4.99)	0.014
≥Trace proteinuria	2.38 (0.97–5.06)	0.058	1.66 (0.63–3.84)	0.290
≥(1+) proteinuria	2.58 (0.77–6.44)	0.111	1.43 (0.39–4.03)	0.552

HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval

^aAdjusted for age, gender, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, alcohol consumption, eGFR, and estimated 24 h urinary sodium excretion