KL and chronic kidney disease: When the analysis was performed using model 5 in Table 4 for patients with CKD stage either G2, G3a, G3b, or G4, the association between the lowest α-Klotho tertile and LVH (odds ratio 1.31, 95% CI 0.84–2.03, P = 0.230) or low LVEF (odds ratio 1.06, 95% CI 0.63–1.85, P = 0.849) was not significant.