Renal insufficiency as an independent predictor of mortality among women with heart failure
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD*, ,*,
Feng Lin, MS ,
Eric Vittinghoff, PhD ,
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD ,
Deborah Grady, MD, MPH , and
Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH ,
* Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Section of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

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Figure 1 Risk of death associated with level of creatinine clearance among women with heart failure and coronary disease.
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Figure 2 Population-attributable risk associated with risk factors for mortality among women with heart failure and coronary disease. NYHA = New York Heart Association.
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