ID	iron deficiency	IDA	Iron-deficiency anaemia
GBD	Global Burden of Disease	CKD	chronic kidney disease
ACD	Anemia of Chronic Disease	IBD	inflammatory bowel disease
IV	intravenous	EPO	erythropoietin
ESA	erythropoietin stimulating agent	rHuEPO	recombinant human erythropoietin
FPN	ferroportin	DMT1	divalent metal transporter
Dcytb	duodenal cytochrome b	MCV	mean corpuscular volume
Hb	haemoglobin	BMP	bone morphogenic protein
HJV	hemojuvelin	SMAD	Mothers Against Decapentaplegic
JAK2	Janus kinase 2	STAT 3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
GDF 15	growth differentiation factor 15	PDGF-BB	platelet-derived growth factor-BB
HIF	hypoxia-inducible factor	VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
IL	Interleukin	FCF23	fibroblast growth factor
KDIGO	Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes	CHOIR	Correction of Haemoglobin and Outcomes in Renal Insufficiency
CREATE	Cardiovascular Risk Reduction by Early Anemia Treatment	TREAT	Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events with Aranesp
HIF-PHDI	Hypoxia-Inducible factor Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor