Nutritional requirements for patients with non-dialysis CKD
according to 2020 KDOQI Guidelines
Unit ND-CKD stage 3–5 5 Transplantation
25–35 in maintenance
Kcal/kg ideal
Energy weight/day)a
25-35
KTR 25 (obesity) 35–40
for the first 4 weeks
after transplantation
0.55–0.60 or 0.28–0.43 0.8
plus keto/amino acid 0.6–0.8 (CKD stages 3–5T)
Protein (g/kg/day) supplementation
0.80–0.90 (diabetes)
≥1.4 (for the first 4 weeks
after transplantation or if
high doses of prednisone is
1.0 (illness) required)
Sodium (g/day) <2.3 <2.3
Adjust dietary Adjust dietary
potassium intake to potassium intake to
Potassium maintain serum
potassium within the
maintain serum
potassium within the
normal range normal range
Nutritional requirements for patients with non-dialysis CKD
according to 2020 KDOQI Guidelines
Unit ND-CKD stage 3–5 5 Transplantation
Insufficient data to
Calcium (mg/day) 800–1,000
define optimal dietary
calcium intake in KTR
(research priority)
Adjust dietary
Adjust dietary phosphorus
phosphorus intake to
Phosphorus maintain serum
phosphate levels in the
intake to maintain serum
phosphate levels in the
normal range
normal range
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