Characteristics | Total (n = 1129) | CKD Stage 3 (n= 434) | CKD Stage 4 (n= 695) | Pvalue |
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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 |