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All patients were followed until death, loss to follow-up, or the end point of the study (December 2021).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The incidence of CVC among the 343 CKD patients was 29.7%, including 21 cases of mitral valve calcification, 63 cases of aortic valve calcification, and 18 cases of mitral valve combined with aortic valve calcification. The incidence of CVC in CKD stages 1\u20132 was 0.3%, 5.2% in CKD stages 3\u20134, and 24.2% in CKD stage 5 (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05). Advanced age, higher serum albumin, higher cystatin C and lower uric acid levels were all associated with a higher risk of CVC. After six years of follow-up, 77 patients (22.4%) died. The causes of death were cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in 36 cases (46.7%), infection in 29 cases (37.7%), gastrointestinal bleeding in nine cases (11.7%), and \u201cother\u201d in the remaining three cases (3.9%). A Kaplan Meier survival analysis showed that the overall survival rate of patients with CVC was lower than that of patients without CVC.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The incidence of CVC, mainly aortic calcification, is high in patients with CKD. Advanced age, higher serum albumin and higher cystatin C levels were associated with a higher risk of CVC. Hyperuricemia was associated with a lower risk of CVC. 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