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Volume 6 Issue 1 (January, 2018)

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Assessment of prevalence of Microalbuminuria in essential hypertension patients- A case control study
Ranjeet Singh

Background: Microalbuminuria is defined as abnormally elevated urinary albumin excretion below the level of clinical albuminuria (albustix). Hence; the present study was conducted for assessing the prevalence of Microalbuminuria in essential hypertension patients. Materials & methods: A total of 50 patients with presence of essential hypertension were enrolled. Completed demographic and clinical details of all the patients were obtained. Patients attending medical OPD and ward were studied. Microalbuminuria was measured in all patients in a 24h urinary sample. Echocardiography was done in all patients. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analyzed by SPSS software. Chi‑square test was used for analyzing the level of significance. Results: MAU was found to be present in 21 patients. Hence; the overall prevalence of MAU was 42 percent. Among the patients with stage I hypertension, MAU was present in 5 patients while it was absent in 13 patients. Among the patients with stage II hypertension, MAU was present in 16 patients while it was absent in 16 patients. While analyzing statistically, it was seen that MAU was higher among patients with stage II hypertension. Conclusion: the presence of Microalbuminuria in a significant number of newly detected and untreated patients of essential hypertension. Key words: Microalbuminuria, Hypertension.

 
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