Review Article

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Diseases in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in the Middle East: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Study design characteristics of included studies.

AuthorYear of publicationDesignData sourceType of diabetesCKD diagnostic criteriaCountryPopulationMean age (SD)GenderNumber of patients having CKD

Moher et al. [19]2009Retrospective cross-sectionalElectronic medical recordsT2DMProteinuria, SCr, and eGFRSaudi Arabia1,95266.9 ± 11.447% (294) were males and 53% (332) were females626

Stroup et al. [20]2014Retrospective cross-sectionalDiabetes registry (SNDR)T2DMProteinuria, SCr, eGFR, and albumin excretionSaudi Arabia54,67059.9 ± 12.759.5% (3518) were males and 40.5% (2394) were females5,912

Alzahrani et al. [27]2019Cross-sectionalQuestionnaireT2DMeGFR, ACRSaudi Arabia29660.29 ± 10.59323.4% (26) were males and 16.2% (30) were females296

Alrawahi et al. [28]2012Cross-sectionalQuestionnaireT2DMAlbuminuria/creatinineOman69951.6% were males699

Mohammed et al. [29]2018Cross-sectionalMedical filesT2DMProteinuria, SCr, eGFR, and albumin excretionOman5150.854.9% males and females 45.1%51

Schardt et al. [21]2013ProspectiveHospitalT2DMADA criterionYemen50056.3 ± 32168

Jamal Shahwan et al. [30]2019Cross-sectionalMedical filesT2DMCreatinine, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), creatinine urine, albumin/creatinine ratioPalestine30057 ± 8.554% (162) were males and 46% (138) were females300

Al-Shamsi et al. [31]2019Retrospective cohort studyElectronic medical recordsT2DMSCr and eGFRUnited Arab Emirates62252.38 ± 14.4850% were males (312)622

Khalil et al. [32]2017Cross-sectionalQuestionnaireT2DMeGFRJordan30555.0 ± 12.564% were females (347)305

ADA: American Diabetes Association; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus.