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Excluded participants who already had a history of stroke or myocardial infarction at baseline. Finally, 3627 eligible participants were included in this analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Exposure<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The participants were divided into three groups on the basis of baseline UACR: the normal group (UACR&lt;30\u2009mg\/g), the microalbuminuria group (30\u2009mg\/g\u2264UACR&lt;300\u2009mg\/g) and the dominant proteinuria group (UACR\u2265300\u2009mg\/g).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Primary and secondary outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The primary endpoint was a composite endpoint (major adverse cardiovascular event, MACE) of cardiovascular death, first acute myocardial infarction or first stroke, whereas secondary endpoints included cardiovascular death, first acute myocardial infarction, first stroke or all-cause death.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study included 3627 participants. According to the multivariable Cox model, compared with those in the normal group, the risks of MACE (HR=1.47; 95%\u2009CI 1.06 to 2.06; p=0.023), cardiovascular death (HR=3.03; 95%\u2009CI 1.56 to 5.88; p=0.001) and all-cause mortality (HR=1.91; 95%\u2009CI 1.23 to 2.97; p=0.004) were significantly greater in the microalbuminuria group. The risk of MACE (HR=3.65; 95%\u2009CI 2.14 to 6.23; p&lt;0.001), cardiovascular death (HR=7.91; 95%\u2009CI 2.92 to 21.43; p&lt;0.001), stroke (HR=2.57; 95%\u2009CI 1.30 to 5.08; p=0.007) and all-cause death (HR=3.59; 95%\u2009CI 1.63 to 7.89; p=0.001) in the group with dominant proteinuria was significantly greater than that in the normal group. The absolute risk differences (per 1000 person-years) for MACE were 14.86 (95% CI 7.20 to 22.51) in the microalbuminuria group and 64.85 (95% CI 26.76 to 102.94) in the dominant proteinuria group, compared with the normal group (incidence rates: 25.24 and 75.23 vs 10.38, respectively). In populations with a UACR less than 30\u2009mg\/g, there was a significant increase in the risk of MACE as the UACR increased (HR=1.02; 95%\u2009CI 1.00 to 1.04; p=0.036).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study indicates that an elevated UACR is a significant risk factor for adverse cardiovascular outcomes within the community population. 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