“…Female CKD prevalence for studies that defined CKD by stages 1 to 5 was 14·6%(12·7–16·7%) and for studies that used stages 3 to 5 it was 12·1%(10·6–13·8%). Thirty-eight studies [ 27 – 29 , 32 , 37 – 39 , 44 , 46 , 50 , 55 , 64 , 69 – 71 , 78 , 79 , 83 , 85 , 87 , 92 , 98 , 100 – 103 , 105 , 106 , 108 , 110 , 115 , 119 ] reported that CKD was more prevalent in women than in men with the pattern reversed in thirteen studies. [ 39 , 44 , 48 , 52 – 54 , 57 , 58 , 61 , 68 , 82 , 93 , 94 ]…”