Figure 1. Cumulative Incidence of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Individuals With Glomerular Hyperfiltration Compared With Normal Glomerular Filtration.

Adverse cardiovascular events are a composite of first onset of cardiovascular mortality, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, heart failure requiring hospitalization, stroke, and transient ischemic attack. Cox regression adjusted for age, sex, African American race, active smoking, body mass index, lean body mass, fasting glucose level, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, total cholesterol level, mean arterial pressure, and heart rate.