There is an increase prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD)worldwide. However, the exact incidence of CKD in China is still uncertain. In this cross-sectional study, we retrospectively investigated the prevalence and distribution of CKD in Chinese hospitalised adult patients.Totally, 13,383 adults patients who were hospitalised at our hospital were included in this study. They included 6215 males and 7168 females. Patients' gender, age, blood pressure, serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, uric acid, triglyceride, total cholesterol, albumin, hemoglobin, hemotocrit, urine protein, and history of hypertension, diabetes, and smoking were investigated. CKD was defined as eGFR<60 ML/ MIN PER 1.73 m(2) and/or proteinuria, GFR was estimated by using of the simplified MDRD equation.The prevalence rate of CKD was 14.82

作者：Bi-Cheng, Liu；Xiao-Chun, Wu；Yan-Li, Wang；Bei, Wang；Jun, Gao；Qing-Juan, Zhang；Ying, Zhu；Xiao-Liang, Zhang；Lian-Fang, Yin

来源：Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 2008 年 387卷 1-2期