International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-7802156202409083233ENDepartments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Research Center for Healthcare Data Modeling, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, YazdEpidemiologist, Research Center of Statistical Modeling of Healthcare Data, Health Faculty, Yazd20240908<p>Sir,</p><p>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive disease that is characterized by an irreversible renal dysfunction and consequent dialysis or kidney transplant.[1] In 1990, CKD ranked as the 27th cause of death and reached the 13th by 2010.[2] Also, CKD imposes significant burden and costs on patients and health delivery systems</p>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2919http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2919/717718760