Reduced glomerular filtration rate in asymptomatic diabetic patients
Predictor of increased risk for cardiac events independent of albuminuria
Hilla Knobler, MD*,*,
Taiba Zornitzki, MD*,
Shiraz Vered ,
Michael Oettinger, MD ,
Rosa Levy ,
Abraham Caspi, MD ,
David Faraggi, PhD and
Shay Livschitz, MD
* Metabolic Unit, Kaplan Medical Center, affiliated with Hadassah and the Hebrew University School of Medicine, Rehovot, Israel
Department of Statistics, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
Institute of Cardiology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel

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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier event-free survival curves in patients with and without baseline reduced glomerular filtration rate (p = 0.019). Broken line = creatinine clearance (CrCl) <60 ml/min/1.73 m2; solid line = CrCl 60 ml/min/1.73 m2.
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