Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of CKD patients at JUMC, Jimma Zone, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, from April 01 to September 30, 2018.
| Variables | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of comorbidities | <5 | 69 (66.9%) |
| ≥5 | 34 (32.9%) | |
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| BMI | ≤18 | 38 (36.9) |
| 18.5–24.5 | 44 (42.7) | |
| 25–29.9 | 17 (16.5) | |
| ≥30 | 4 (3.9) | |
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| Number of drug taken per day | <5 | 55 (53.3) |
| ≥5 | 48 (46.6) | |
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| Duration with CKD (yrs) | <1 | 90 (87.4) |
| ≥1 | 13 (12.6) | |
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| Length of hospital stay | <7 days | 23 (22.3) |
| ≥7 days | 80 (77.7) | |
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| Stage of CKD patients | 2 | 2 (1.9) |
| 3 | 18 (17.5) | |
| 4 | 16 (15.5) | |
| 5 | 67 (55) | |