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World J Nephrol. Mar 25, 2026; 15(1): 113212
Published online Mar 25, 2026. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v15.i1.113212
Table 1 Patient demographics and baseline characteristics of included studies
Ref.
Setting
Sample size
Age (years, mean ± SD)
BMI (mean ± SD)
Male (n)
Chronic kidney disease (non-survivor/survivor)
Hypertension (non-survivor/survivor)
Diabetes mellitus (non-survivor/survivor)
Mortality (%)
Jeong et al[11], 2024Multicenter32265.2 ± 12.123.5 ± 3.224121/5109/64137/6052.1
Zhang et al[12], 2022Single-center51066.0-33772/79112/13786/8344.5
Laimoud and Alanazi[13], 2020Single-center10664.7 ± 7.026.5 ± 7.07419/220/1411/956.6
Schmidt et al[14], 2015Single-center384640.2 ± 14.4-254887/25--58.4
Peigh et al[15], 2015Single-center7348.0 ± 14.0-4714/6-9/1235.6
Aso et al[16], 2016Multicenter465864.8 ± 13.7-3399389/130--73.6
Wang et al[17], 2022Single-center574--394107/71205/183110/78-
Rubino et al[18], 2018Single-center10157.1 ± 15.8-645/025/912/466.3
Rastan et al[19], 2010Single-center51763.5 ± 11.2-37069/12274/89143/2475.2
Papadopoulos et al[20], 2015Single-center36062.0 ± 17.0-27432/8173/54122/2970.0
Vigneshwar et al[21], 2020Multicenter78954.8 ± 9.829.8535117/72145/83190/11157.9
Salna et al[22], 2020Single-center11269.030.16633/652/1831/872.3
Kuroki et al[23], 2016Single-center21758.9 ± 15.024.0 ± 4.9180116/28--71.4
Table 2 Critical appraisal by Newcastle-Ottawa Scale
Ref.
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Q6
Q7
Q8
Overall
Jeong et al[11], 20249/9
Laimoud and Alanazi[13], 2020-7/9
Kuroki et al[23], 20169/9
Aso et al[16], 20169/9
Rastan et al[19], 20109/9
Wang et al[17], 20229/9
Salna et al[22], 20209/9
Zhang et al[12], 20229/9
Peigh et al[15], 20159/9
Schmidt et al[14], 20159/9
Vigneshwar et al[21], 20209/9
Papadopoulos et al[20], 20159/9
Rubino et al[18], 20189/9