Role of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease "Iron deficiency anemia is common in CKD patients ( 42.63% ). Functional Iron deficiency is seen in 39.03%. Iron deficiency is related to stage of CKD, Sex, Diabetes mellitus, erythropoietin therapy and dialysis therapy. There was no relation of Iron deficiency anemia with age, hypertension, and type of iron therapy. However mortality was not related to iron deficiency in CKD patients."