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Table 1 Demographic features of CKD patients in childhood population

From: Analysis of chronic kidney disease among national hospitalization data with 14 million children

 

No. of cases

Percent (%)

Number

278,231

 

Male (%)

178,561

64.18 %

Female (%)

98,964

35.57 %

Unknown (%)

706

0.25 %

Mean age at the time of diagnosis

6.70 ± 5.78 years

 

Age distribution (years)

 0–1

60,116

21.61 %

 1–3

34,796

12.51 %

 3–6

41,036

14.75 %

 6–12

69,545

25 %

 12–18

72,738

26.14 %

CKD stagea

 CKD stage 1

1611

21.65 %

 CKD stage 2

955

12.83 %

 CKD stage 3

1361

18.29 %

 CKD stage 4

856

11.50 %

 CKD stage 5

2659

35.73 %

  1. aCKD was the discharge diagnosis in 6581 patients, which accounted for 2.37 % of the 278,231 patients with renal disease