Volume 77, Issue 12, Pages 1115-1122 (June 2010) Urinary albumin excretion, even within the normal range, predicts an increase in left ventricular mass over the following 5 years  Thorsten Reffelmann, Marcus Dörr, Henry Völzke, Nele Friedrich, Alexander Krebs, Till Ittermann, Stephan B. Felix  Kidney International  Volume 77, Issue 12, Pages 1115-1122 (June 2010) DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.8 Copyright © 2010 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Left ventricular mass and urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio. Top: Difference in left ventricular mass (LVM) over 5 years in relationship to urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) at baseline in subjects with complete echocardiographic data and data on urinary ACR ratio (circles and lines: scatter plot and polynomal regression lines (7th order) of ΔLVM versus ACR (r=0.13) with 95% confidence interval). Bottom: LVM at baseline and after 5 years in relationship to ACR at baseline in subjects with complete echocardiographic data and data on urinary ACR (circles and lines: scatter plot and polynomal regression lines (7th order) of LVM at baseline (r=0.16) and LVM after 5 years (r=0.19) versus ACR with 95% confidence interval, respectively). Kidney International 2010 77, 1115-1122DOI: (10.1038/ki.2010.8) Copyright © 2010 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions