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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this work was to value the relationship between cardiovascular disease and presence of hidden renal failure in patients between 35 and 74 years followed up for 10 years. DESIGN: Observational, longitudinal, retrospective study of a cohort of patients. SETTING: Primary care health centre. PARTICIPANTS: We studied 875 patients (average age, 55.6 years, with 57.4% women) without evidence of cardiovascular disease, cared for in an urban primary health centre. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Glomerular filtration was estimated using Cockcroft-Gault and simplified MDRD equations. Hidden renal failure was considered if the glomerular filtration was |