Table 5. Clinical indications defining high-risk patients as candidates for intensive management
* Four-variable Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation.
Framingham Risk Score.
Clinical or subclinical cardiovascular disease
or
Chronic kidney disease (nondiabetic nephropathy, proteinuria < 1 g/d, estimated glomerular filtration rate 20-59 mL/min/1.73 m 2 )*
or
Estimated 10-year global cardiovascular risk 15%
or
Age ≥ 75 years
Patients with  1 clinical indications should consent to intensive management