title: Microalbuminuria in diabetes: focus on cardiovascular and renal risk reduction.
abstract: Albuminuria has long been recognized as a harbinger for the progression of diabetic nephropathy. Recently, it has become increasingly recognized that albuminuria is a powerful risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke. In this article we explore evidence for albuminuria being an integral component of the cardiometabolic syndrome and a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke.
authors.affiliation: Rush University Hypertension Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, 1700 W. Van Buren Street, Suite 470, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. gbakris@rush.edu
authors.forename: George L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Bakris
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sowers
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000652:urine*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D012307:Risk Factors