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Table 2 Cardiovascular morbidity

From: Baseline characteristics of patients with chronic kidney disease stage 3 and stage 4 in spain: the MERENA observational cohort study

Characteristics

Total

(n = 1129)

CKD Stage 3

(n= 434)

CKD Stage 4

(n= 695)

Pvalue

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) (%)a

39.1

35.6

42.2

0.024

Percentage of patients < 60years with CVD

19.8

19.2

20.1

NS

Percentage of patients > 60years with CVD

45.6

47.1

44.5

NS

Cardiac disease (%)b

35.1

31.3

38.5

0.012

Congestive heart failure (%)

17.5

15.1

19.7

0.039

Coronary artery disease (%)

21.6

20.7

22.4

0.362

Myocardial Infarction (%)

11.1

11.0

11.2

0.958

Cerebrovascular disease (%)

12.2

10.4

13.7

0.050

Peripheral vascular disease (%)

19.7

18.7

20.0

0.289

Current smoking (%)

9.6

10.5

8.8

0.410

Former smokers (%)

36.2

35.7

36.7

0.525

  1. a cardiovascular disease defined as the history of at least one of the following: ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease.
  2. b cardiac disease defined as the history of one of the following: coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure or history of coronary revascularization