Figure 1From: Baseline characteristics of patients with chronic kidney disease stage 3 and stage 4 in spain: the MERENA observational cohort study Overall cardiovascular disease (CVD). An increase in CVD is shown as GFR declines using MDRD formula, upper panel, Cockcroft-Gault formula middle panel, and EPI-CKD formula lower panel. The increase in CVD is statistically significant using the Cockcroft-Gault, and EPI-CKD formula but not with MDRD formula.Back to article page