Main demographic, biochemical and clinical characteristics, as a function of outcome.

Abbreviation: BMI: body mass index; ABI: ankle-brachial index; CKD: chronic kidney disease, AUs: Agatston units, ACEI: angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors, ARB: Angiotensin receptor blockers, ESA: erythropoietin stimulating agent, LDL: low-density lipoprotein. CKD stages were evaluated according to the glomerular filtration rate estimated with the CKD-EPI equation. Non-Gaussian variables are expressed as the mean ± SD (median; 25th-75th quartiles) Main demographic, biochemical and clinical characteristics, as a function of outcome.