Open AccessFrequency of iron deficiency anaemia in chronic kidney disease patients not on dialysis
Author(s) -
Faryal Kamil,
Murtaza Dhrolia,
Aamna Hamid,
Ruqaya Qureshi,
Kiran Nasir,
Aasim Ahmad
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of the pakistan medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0030-9982
DOI - 10.47391/jpma.4507
Subject(s) - medicine , transferrin saturation , kidney disease , iron deficiency , diabetes mellitus , renal function , dialysis , nephrology , gastroenterology , pediatrics , anemia , endocrinology
Objective: To determine the frequency of iron deficiency anaemia in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients.Method: The observational, cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Nephrology, The Kidney Centre Post-Graduate Training Institute, Karachi, from April 27 to October 26, 2018, and comprised adult patients of either gender diagnosed with anaemia and estimated glomerular filtration rate <90ml/min. Patient with transferrin saturation <20% were labelled as having iron deficiency anaemia. Data was analysed using SPSS 21.Results: Of the 366 participants, 185(50.5%) were males and 181(49.5%) were females. The overall mean age was 54.47±14.93 years. The most prevalent comorbid was hypertension 263(71.9%), followed by diabetes mellitus 187(51.1%) and cardiovascular disease 54(14.8%). Besides, 192(52.5%) patients had CKD stage 5 followed by 115(31.4%) and 54(14.8%) with CKD stages 4 and 3, respectively. The mean haemoglobin was 9.17±1.57g/dL. Iron deficiency was found in 285(77.9%) patients.Conclusion: Iron deficiency anaemia was found to be highly prevalent and should be screened routinely and managed appropriately.Key Words: Iron deficiency, Anaemia, Chronic kidney disease.