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Prevalence of anemia among chronic kidney disease patients in India: a single-centre study

Background Chronic kidney disease is defined as abnormalities in kidney structure or function with a decreased glomerular filtration rate 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results A total of 715 patients were enrolled in the study, out of which 432 (59.2%) and 292 (40.8%) were male and female, respectively. The mean age was 56.4±15 SD. Out of 715 patients, 531 (74.3%) patients were anemic and 58 (8.1%) were severely anemic. Thus, the prevalence of anemia was 82.4% among study participants. Hypertension, diabetes, and CKD stage were associated with a high prevalence of anemia.

Conclusions This study reported a high prevalence of anemia compared to previous studies. Assessing the anemic status of patients in earlier stages of the disease will contribute greatly to managing this complication.