Table 6.

Associations between RHI and renal, cardiovascular and survival outcomes during a 4-year follow-up in the pre-dialysis population (n = 120).

		Reactive Hyperemia Index (RHI)
		Mean	sd	p-Value 1
1.MACCEs	No	2.01	0.68	0.356
	Yes	1.77	0.68
1.1. Acute myocardial infarction	No	1.99	0.69	0.957
	Yes	2.01	0.44
1.2. Cerebrovascular events	No	2.02	0.68	0.004
	Yes	1.27	0.26
2.Death	No	2.01	0.69	0.208
	Yes	1.65	0.58
3.CKD progression	No	2.02	0.71	0.584
	Yes	1.94	0.62
3.1. Progression to ESRD	No	2.05	0.70	0.120
	Yes	1.77	0.59
4.Hospital admission	No	2.04	0.73	0.334
	Yes	1.90	0.59
5.Composite cardiovascular outcome *	No	2.07	0.69	0.035
	Yes	1.73	0.53

¹t test for independent sample. * composite outcome: MACCEs or Hospital admission for medical reasons or deaths.