Dr. Jamila Elamouri
Arab board of internal medicine
Distribution of patients according to sex
The analyses showed that out of 204 CKD patients who were registered in
the outpatient clinic between 2007 and 2009, 55.4% were females while
44.6% were male.
44.6%
55.4%
.
male
female
Distribution of patients according to age
age of the patients was 51.9 + _ 15.7 years with minimum age 17 years and
maximum age 80 years, more than one third of the patients were aged > 60
years (38.7%), and there was no difference between the mean age of male and
female. P value = 0.809 (not significant).
% of Patients
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
42%
20%
39%
15%
10%
19%
5%
0%
<35
36 - 59
>60
<35
36 - 59
>60
Distribution of patients according of the stages of the CKD
Majority of patients are classified as having stage 3(34.8%), stage 4
represent 19.6%, while stage 5 represents 13.2%. stage 1 and 2 represents
15.7% and 16.7% respectively.
40.0%
34.8%
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
19.6%
15.7%
16.7%
Stage 1
Stage 2
13.2%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Distribution of patients according to history of hypertension
Hypertension is recorded in majority of the patients, 73% of patients have
hypertension but it is not known wither it is a cause or a result of the CKD.
% of Patients
history of hypertension
27%
73%
YES
NO
Distribution of patients according to history of diabetes
In our study group the patients who were registered in the nephrology
OPD in Tripoli central hospital in the period between 2007 and 2009,
Diabetes is recorded in 56.4% of the study group patient.
% of Patients
History Of Diabetes
44%
56%
YES
NO
Distribution of patients according to cause of chronic kidney disease
49.0%
With
diabetes is the first leading causes of CKD
% ofthePatients
50.0%analysis of the causes of the CKD
in the study group (49%), glomerulonephritis is the second leading cause of the CKD
cause
chronic
kidney
disease APKD, Autoimmune
40.0% hypertension
(17.6%),
is the of
third
leading cause
of CKD(9.3%),
and drugs each of them represent 4.4% , while 4.9% was unknown cause.
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
17.6%
9.3%
4.4%
4.4%
0.0%
4.4%
3.9%
1.5%
0.5%
4.9%