Microalbuminuria modifies the mortality risk associated with electrocardiographic ST-T segment changes
Gilles F. H. Diercks, MD*,*,
Hans L. Hillege, MD*,
A. d J. van Boven, MD
,
Jan A. Kors, PhD
,
Harry J. G. M. Crijns, MD
,
Diederick E. Grobbee, MD
,
Paul E. de Jong, MD|| and
Wiek H. van Gilst, PhD*
* Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Julius Center for Patient Oriented Research, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
|| Department of Nephrology, Academic Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands

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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier estimates of all-cause (A) and cardiovascular (B) mortality in the four groups.
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Figure 2 Relative risk of the combination ST-T segment changes and cardiovascular risk indicators for all-cause mortality adjusted for age and gender.
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