Regional distribution and severity of arterial calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease stages 1-5: a cross-sectional study of the Copenhagen chronic kidney disease cohort.

Arterial calcification is highly prevalent throughout all five CKD stages and is most prominent in both the thoracic and abdominal aorta, and in the iliac arteries. Follow-up studies are needed to explore the potential of extracardiac calcification sites in prediction of cardiovascular events in the CKD population.