Baseline descriptive statistics by classes of estimated glomerular filtration rate of the MATISS study, men and women, aged 35-74 years, free of previous cardiovascular diseases.

<p>Sd: standard deviation;p-values refer to ANOVA for continuous variables and to chi-squared test for categoricalvariables;</p>^<p>Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration;</p><p>° Cigs is for cigarettes;</p><p>°° 10-year cardiovascular risk of the CUORE Project based on age, systolic blood pressure, total and HDL cholesterol, diabetes, smoking habit, treatment for hypertension. It is for men and women 35-69 years old;</p>§<p>For men, serum creatinine ≥1.5 mg/dL; for women ≥ 1.3 mg/dL;</p>§§<p><i>Normal</i>: Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) <u><</u> 120 <i>AND</i> Diastolic Blood pressure (DBP) <u><</u> 80 mmHg, no antihypertensive drug treatment; <i>Prehypertension</i>: SBP 121-139 <i>OR</i> DBP 81-89 mmHg, no antihypertensive drug treatment; <i>Hypertension</i> Stage <i>I</i>: SBP 140-159 <i>OR</i> DBP 90-99 mmHg, no antihypertensive drug treatment; <i>Hypertension</i> Stage <i>II</i>: SBP > 160 <i>OR</i> DBP > 100 mmHg <i>OR</i> antihypertensive drug treatment