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The risk for cardiovascular events begins to occur even at levels of microalbuminuria well below the current cutoff definition: resultsfrom the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) trial. In this study, the eighth decile was considered the cutoff for microalbuminuria (urinaryalbumin‐creatinine ratio of approximately 17.7 lg / mg). Adapted with permission from Gerstein and colleagues. 15
