Frequency of iron deficiency anaemia in chronic kidney disease patients not on dialysis Authors Faryal Kamil Department of Nephrology, The Kidney Centre Post Graduate Training Institute, Karachi, Pakistan Murtaza Dhrolia Department of Nephrology, The Kidney Centre Post Graduate Training Institute, Karachi, Pakistan Aamna Hamid Department of Nephrology, The Kidney Centre Post Graduate Training Institute, Karachi, Pakistan Ruqaya Qureshi Department of Nephrology, The Kidney Centre Post Graduate Training Institute, Karachi, Pakistan Kiran Nasir Department of Nephrology, The Kidney Centre Post Graduate Training Institute, Karachi, Pakistan Aasim Ahmad Department of Nephrology, The Kidney Centre Post Graduate Training Institute, Karachi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.4507 Abstract 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. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2022-02-16 How to Cite Kamil, F., Dhrolia, M., Hamid, A., Qureshi, R., Nasir, K., & Ahmad, A. . (2022). Frequency of iron deficiency anaemia in chronic kidney disease patients not on dialysis. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 72(7), 1396–1400. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.4507 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 72 No. 7 (2022): July Section ORIGINAL ARTICLE