Fig. 4
From: Serum uric acid and cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis
Forest plot and summary hazard ratio of subgroup analysis for the association of serum uric acid as a continuous variable (per 1 mg/dl increment) and cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; DM, diabetes mellitus; HD, hemodialysis; HR, hazard ratio; NDM, non-diabetes mellitus; PD, peritoneal dialysis; PCS, prospective cohort study; RCT, randomized controlled trail; RCS, retrospective cohort study