Microalbuminuria in controlled Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

Abstract

Microalbuminuria assessment using albumin: creatinine ratio (ACR) by EL1SA in early morning urine sample was studied in 83 (43 males, 4 0 females) normotensive type 2 diabetic patients and 40 (20 males; 15 females) age matched apparently healthy control subjects attending the medical outpatient clinic of the University College Hospital, Ibadan. T h e prevalence of microalbuminuria among the diabetic patients was found to be 60% and 30% among the controls. T h e level of microalbuminuria was found to correlate with age, duration of diabetes, blood pressure and waist hip ratio. In both the patients and the controls, microalbuminuria was uncommon below the age of 50 years The study highlights the contribution of a background renal insult as the probable reason for the high prevalence of microalbuminuria.