Inclusion criteria:
Patients aged 18-85 years,
with stage 3 or more CKD according to the KDIGO guideline,
who have been treated with nephrovitis or nephrotonics for more than three months,
No significant changes in their diet.
Exclusion criteria:
History of chronic infection (AIDS, bacterial, fungal or parasitic infections),
severe infection (sepsis) in the last month,
cancer,
alcohol abuse,
use of anemia-inducing drugs (some antibiotics such as linezolid, cotrimoxazole, chloramphenicol and Isoniazid, routine use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, chemotherapy drugs, hydroxyurea, azathioprine, 6-mercaptoporin, sulfasalazine, and methotrexate),
treatment with steroids or immunosuppressant,
hospitalization,
history of blood transfusion within 1 month prior to enrollment.