ArticlePloS one2021
Prevalence and associated factors of impaired renal function and albuminuria among adult patients admitted to a hospital in Northeast Ethiopia.
Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence of chronic kidney diseases among people living with HIV in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Use of hospital services by patients with chronic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2023Pooled it
- Development and validation of clinical prediction models for personalized renal function monitoring in people with heart failure in primary care: the RENAL-HF study protocol.European heart journal. Digital health · 2026Article
- Assessment of chronic kidney disease and associated factors at Wolkite University Specialized Hospital: A cross-sectional study.World journal of nephrology · 2025Article
- Impaired glomerular filtration rate and associated factors among diabetic mellitus patients with hypertension in referral hospitals, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Assessment of impaired glomerular filtration rate and associated factors in South West Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMC nephrology · 2024Article
- Progression of chronic kidney disease among black patients attending a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa.PloS one · 2023Article
- Distribution Width of Red Blood Cells and Related Factors Among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Journal of blood medicine · 2022Article
- Article
- High Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease Among People Living with Hypertension in Rural Sierra Leone: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly common in hospitalized patients and is associated with increased risk for in-hospital morbidity and mortality. However, data regarding the prevalence of CKD in the African hospitalized patient population are limited. We therefore examined the prevalence and associated factors of impaired renal function and albuminuria among adult patients admitted to the internal medicine wards of a hospital in Northeast Ethiopia.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted from January 1 to April 30, 2020 at the inpatient settings of Dessie referral hospital. Data on demographics and medical history were obtained, and serum creatinine and albuminuria were analyzed. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation. CKD was defined as impaired eGFR (<60 ml/min/1.73m2) and/or albuminuria. Univariate and multivariable analysis were conducted to determine factors associated with impaired eGFR and albuminuria.
resultsA total of 369 patients were included in this study. The prevalence of impaired eGFR was 19.0% (95%CI: 15.2%-23.2%) and albuminuria was 30.9% (95%CI: 26.3%-35.7%). Overall, 33.9% (95%CI: 29.2%-38.9%) of the patients had some degree of CKD, but only 21.6% (95%CI: 15.1%-29.4%) were aware of their renal disease. In multivariable analysis, older age, a family history of kidney disease, diabetes, hypertension and HIV were independently associated with both impaired eGFR and albuminuria while male gender was independently associated with only albuminuria.
conclusionsCKD is common in adult patients admitted to the internal medicine wards, but only few patients are aware of their condition. These findings highlight the need for feasible approaches to timely identify kidney disease and raise awareness on the importance of detection and early intervention in the inpatient settings.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.