Chronic kidney disease as a coronary disease equivalent—a comparison with diabetes over a decade

YT Debella, HD Giduma, RP Light… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Results The incidence rate of MI in those without CKD was 0.047/yr and in those with CKD
was 0.206/yr. Multivariate adjustment revealed the incident rate ratio for MI in CKD as 3.5
and for diabetes mellitus as 2.5. The cumulative incidence for MI was influenced by CKD
and diabetes. CKD was associated with a subhazard ratio for MI of 3.74; in contrast,
diabetes was associated with a subhazard ratio for MI of 2.6. For the outcome of all-cause
mortality, after multivariate adjustment, CKD was associated with a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.86 …