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Flow chart of study patients (n = 1,326). *Impending dialysis represents patients who started dialysis within 1 year after the baseline health check-up examination.

Average difference in annual percent change in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in predefined subgroups of CKD patients by baseline nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) status (n = 1,326). *Expected annual percent changes were derived from linear mixed effects models for log-transformed eGFR adjusted for baseline age, sex, year of visit, baseline smoking status (never, former, current, and missing), alcohol (none and moderate), body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, systolic blood pressure, hemoglobin A1c, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides (log_e-transformed).