title: Microalbuminuria in controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.
abstract: Microalbuminuria assessment using albumin: creatinine ratio (ACR) by ELISA in early morning urine sample was studied in 83 (43 males, 40 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. The prevalence of microalbuminuria among the diabetic patients was found to be 60% and 30% among the controls. The 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine