Systematic Reviews
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World J Nephrol. Jul 25, 2021; 10(4): 59-75
Published online Jul 25, 2021. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v10.i4.59
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Figure 1 Flowchart of the literature search and study selection. “Undesired study design” includes non-human studies (n = 2); “Insufficient data” includes conference abstracts that reported only area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) without 95% confidence interval (n = 5); “Subjects are contaminated” refers to a study that has mixed chronic kidney disease (CKD) and non-CKD subjects (n = 1).