Table 5.

Prevalence of CKD in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal

Author [ref.], year	Assessment of Kidney Function	Prevalence of CKD
Bangladesh:
Anand et al. [25], 2014	Spot quantitative urine protein and eGFR (CKD-EPI)	Overall: 26%	Age specific prevalence: Not Mentioned
			Gender specific prevalence: Male: 24.7% Female: 28%
Fatema et al. [26], 2013	Spot quantitative urine protein and eGFR (MDRD)	Overall: 12.8%	Age specific prevalence:
			Not Mentioned
			Gender specific prevalence:
			Not Mentioned
Huda et al. [27], 2012	Spot quantitative urine protein, creatinine clearance and eGFR (CG/BSA & MDRD)	Overall: 13.1% (MDRD), 16% (CG/BSA)	Age specific prevalence (MDRD):
			25–40 Years: 10.7%
			> 40 Years: 16%
			Gender specific prevalence (MDRD): Male: 14.7% Female: 12.3%
Nepal:
Sharma et al. [32], 2013	Spot quantitative urine protein and eGFR (MDRD)	Overall: 10.6%	Age specific prevalence:
			Age in years	Prevalence
			20–39	3.4%
			40–59	11.4%
			≥ 60	30.5%
			Gender specific prevalence: Not Mentioned
Pakistan:
Alam et al. [28], 2014	Spot quantitative urine protein and eGFR (MDRD)	Overall: 16.6%	Age specific prevalence:
			Age in Years	Prevalence
			<  30	10.5%
			30–50	12.7%
			> 50	43.6%
			Gender specific prevalence: Male: 20.6% Female: 14.2%
Imran et al. [29], 2015	eGFR (CKD-EPI)	Overall: 25.6%	Age specific prevalence: Not Mentioned
			Gender specific prevalence: Male: 26.3% Female: 22.4%
Jafar et al. [30], 2005	Creatinine clearance and eGFR (MDRD)	Overall: 29.9%	Age specific prevalence: Not Mentioned
			Gender specific prevalence: Male: 26.7% Female: 32.5%
Jessani et al. [31], 2014	Spot quantitative urine protein and eGFR (CKD-EPI Pakistan equation)	Overall: 12.5%	Age specific prevalence: Not Mentioned
			Gender specific prevalence: Male: 11.6% Female: 13.3%