Fig. 2

Hazard ratios for the association between changes in proteinuria and myocardial infarction. a–d Model 1: unadjusted; Model 2: adjusted for age and gender; Model 3: adjusted for age, gender, level of education, income, smoking, alcohol abuse, amount of physical activity and body mass index; Model 4: adjusted for variables in model 3 plus hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, anti-hypertension agents, anti-diabetic agents, anti-lipidemic agents, systolic blood pressure, heart rate, high-sensitive C-reactive protein, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein, fasting plasma glucose, and estimated glomerular filtration rate. Proteinuria was defined as 1+, 2+ and 3+