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Table 2 Prevalence of CKD in Cameroon

From: Chronic kidney disease in Cameroon: a scoping review

First Author

Year of publication

Study Design

Study Setting

Study area

Disease specific population

Mean Age (in years)

Male (%)

Sample Size

Measure of Kidney damage or Function

Prevalence of CKD

Kaze [24]

2013

Cross-sectional

Hospital-based

Urban

HAART-naïve PLWHA

35.0

32.0%

104

eGFR < 60 based on MDRD and CG or at least 1+ proteinuria

3%

Kaze [17]

2015

Cross-sectional

Community-based

Urban

General adult population

36.5

48.7%

119

eGFR < 60 based on MDRD, CG and CKD-EPI or albuminuria ≥30 mg/g

10.9%

Kaze [17]

2015

Cross-sectional

Community-based

Rural

General adult population

51

39.7

320

eGFR < 60 based on MDRD, CG and CKD-EPI or albuminuria ≥30 mg/g

14.1%

Kaze [11]

2015

Cross-sectional

Community-based

Urban

General adult population

45.3

53.4%

500

eGFR < 60 based on MDRD, CG and CKD-EPI or albuminuria ≥30 mg/g

10.0, 11.0 and 14.2% using CKD-EPI, MDRD and CG, respectively.

Feteh [25]

2016

Cross-sectional

Hospital-based

Urban

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

56.5

53.1%

636

eGFR < 60 based on MDRD

18.5%

Kaze [30]

2016

Cross-sectional

Hospital-based

Urban

Hypertensive adult

60.9

36.6%

336

eGFR < 60 based on MDRD, CG and CKD-EPI or albuminuria ≥30 mg/g

49.7, 50.0 and 52.1% according to MDRD, CKD-EPI and CG equations respectively.

Kamdem [28]

2017

Cross-sectional

Hospital-based

Urban

newly diagnosed and untreated hypertensive patients

51.0

49.1%

839

eGFR < 60 based on MDRD

12.4%

Hamadou [27]

2017

Cross-sectional

Hospital-based

Urban

Hypertensive patients

54.2

33%

400

eGFR < 60 based on CKD-EPI or proteinuria

32.3%

Ekiti [26]

2018

Cross-sectional

Community-based

Rural

Sugarcane plantation workers

39.0

75%

204

eGFR < 60 based on CKD-EPI or at least 1+ proteinuria

3.4%

Halle [32]

2018

Cross-sectional

Hospital-based

Urban

PLWHA attending HIV day clinic

37.1

26.7%

709

eGFR < 60 based on MDRD and CKD-EPI or at least 1+ proteinuria

44% based on CKD-EPI and 47.2% based on MDRD

Kaze [31]

2019

Cross-sectional

Community-based

Urban

General adult population

45.0

48.7%

433

eGFR < 60 based on CKD-EPI or albuminuria > 30 mg/g

11.7%

Temgoua [29]

2019

Cross-sectional

Hospital-based

Urban

First-degree family relatives of HDP

38.3

28.0%

82

eGFR < 60 based on MDRD or at least 1+ proteinuria or diagnosis by a Nephrologist

15.9%

  1. NR Not Reported, NA Not Available, HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, HAART Highly active antiretroviral therapy, PLWHA Persons living with HIV/AIDS, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, GFR Glomerular Filtration Rate, HDP Hemodialysis patients, MDRD Modification of Diet in Renal Disease, CG Cockcroft-Gault, CKD-EPI Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology