Volume 22, Issue 6 pp. 594-599
Original Article

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in Iranian General Population: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Salehoddin Bouya

Salehoddin Bouya

Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Clinical Immunology Research Center, Ali-Ebne Abitaleb Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

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Abbas Balouchi

Abbas Balouchi

Student Research Committee, Nursing and Midwifery School, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Department of Nursing, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran

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Hosein Rafiemanesh

Hosein Rafiemanesh

Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Mehran Hesaraki

Corresponding Author

Mehran Hesaraki

Pediatric Department, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Mehran Hesaraki – Pediatric, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Ferdowsi Street, Zabol, Iran. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 04 July 2018
Citations: 62

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of CKD in the Iranian general population. In this systematic review and meta-analysis study, international (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google scholar) and national databases (SID, Magiran) were searched until December 30, 2017. The quality of the studies was evaluated using the Hoy instrument. Out of 1170 initial studies, 9 studies with a total of 70 605 participants were included in the final stage of this study. Based on the results of the random effect method (95% CI), the overall prevalence of chronic kidney disease in 70 605 people was 15.14% (I2 = 99.77%). The prevalence of CKD in female patients (18.80%) was 1.7 times higher than in male patients (10.83). The results of the present study indicate a higher than the global average prevalence of CKD in Iran and the need for additional attention of policy makers on better planning for control and implementation of screening programs in high-risk populations, such as patients with hypertension and diabetes.

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