Table 2.

Disease and Health-Related Characteristics of CKD Patients Attending Renal Unit at St Paulo’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 1 to 30 April, 2019 (n=274)

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Hemoglobin value (g/dl) For Male  ≤13  >13 For Female  ≤12  >12	56 109 33 76	20.4 39.8 12 27.7
Family history of chronic disease  Diabetes mellitus  Hypertension  Chronic kidney disease  Other(CVD)	104 34 44 18 8	38 32.7 42.3 17.3 7.7
History of chronic disease before CKD  Hypertension  Diabetes mellitus  Acute kidney infection  Heart disease  Others(CVD, Anemia)	166 69 42 31 5 19	61 41.6 25.3 18.7 3 11.4
Types of chronic disease currently present  Only Chronic kidney disease  Diabetes mellitus  Hypertension  Diabetes mellitus and Hypertension  Others(CVD, combination of others)	39 36 116 49 34	14.2 13.1 42.3 17.9 12.4
Duration of CKD  < 1  ≥1	58 216	21.2 78.8
History of tobacco smoking  No  Yes	241 32	88.3 11.7
Ever consumed alcohol like beer, wine, or local beverages like teji, tella, areke, etc  No  Yes	189 85	69 31