showed a trendp = 0.052
In assessing cardiovascular events, the Combined model was significantly better than GFR (difference between AUC: 0.150, 95%CI 0.004-0.260, p = 0.008) and showed a trend for a higher discriminatory power than Framingham (difference between AUC: 0.184, p = 0.052), age (difference between AUC: 0.135, p = 0.078 and the Clinical model (difference between AUC: 0.065, p = 0.086).