Poor Exercise Capacity and Elevated N-Terminal Prohormone of Brain Natriuretic Peptide in the Prediction of Long-Term Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: The CADKID Study

Wmax% and ProBNP separately and together as a composite risk factor may serve as important predictors of long-term all-cause mortality and MACCE in patients with CKD stages 4-5 not undergoing dialysis at baseline.