“…Due to their outcomes could not be combined with other studies, 2 studies [ 41 , 48 ] were excluded from meta-analysis. 14 studies of 1186 patients with dichotomous data [ 21 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 32 – 34 , 38 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 51 ] and 10 studies of 930 patients with continuous data [ 24 , 25 , 29 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 46 , 47 , 49 , 50 ] were included in the meta-analysis of albuminuria and proteinuria. There were only 5 studies of 184 patients [ 25 , 26 , 28 , 40 , 44 ] in the review of CKD II.…”