February 2, 2023Open Access

Anemia and its predictors among chronic kidney disease patients in Sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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More than half of CKD patients were suffering from anemia. Stage of CKD, presence of DM, hemodialysis history, and being female sex were factors associated with anemia among CKD patients.

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Taderegew et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7599ab4cef8fedc48f6dc https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280817

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