Comparison 5. Cardiovascular disease by CKD stage by stage.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 CVD by CKD	4	1550	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.78 [0.52, 1.18]
1.1 CKD stage 2	1	993	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.04 [0.83, 1.32]
1.2 CKD stage 3	1	227	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.34 [0.47, 3.85]
1.3 CKD stage 5	2	330	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.57 [0.41, 0.80]