With participants in the lowest tertile (T1) of CIMT as the referent group, the fully adjusted OR and 95% CI of CKD for high CD34-positive cell count was 1.16 (0.47, 2.84) for the middle tertile (T2) and 2.35 (1.02, 5.43) for the highest tertile (T3). The gene discussed is CD34; the disease is chronic kidney disease.