Fig. 2: Kaplan-Meier survival curves for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality according to CKM syndrome stages in NHANES Ⅲ cohort after adjusting for sex, age (not adjusted for age subgroup), poverty income ratio, ethnicity, and fibrosis-4 index.

A All-cause mortality; B Cardiovascular mortality; a Overall cohort; b Patients aged <60 years; c Patients aged ≥60 years. CKM syndrome cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome.