[Table/Fig-3]:

Distribution /prevalence of acid base disorders in CKD patients by the multistep systematic method.

Acid base disorders	No. of patients N (%)
Respiratory alkalosis	6(21.43%)*
Simple NAGMA	4(14.29%)
Simple HAGMA	4(14.9%)
Mixed metabolic acidosis with respiratory alkalosis	6(19.36%)*
Mixed metabolic and respiratory alkaloses	4(21.43%)
Mixed metabolic and respiratory dual acidoses	2(7.14%)
Mixed NAGMA, HAGMA and respiratory acidosis- triple acidoses	2(6.45%)
Invalid results (out of total 31cases)	3
Total number of patients: 28(100%)