title: Urinary microalbumin as a risk factor for ischaemic stroke.
abstract: Microalbuminuria (MA), a microvascular irregularity of the blood - urine interface within kidney glomeruli, may reflect the renal sign of global endothelial dysfunction, and has been associated with an elevated risk of serious cardiovascular events including stroke. This case-control study was carried out in the Department of Neurology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh, from January 2008 to December 2009. This relationship appears graded with higher levels of microalbuminuria being independently associated with a greater magnitude of vascular risk over time. We studied 60 patients of ischemic stroke with in 4 weeks of onset of symptoms and performed a case control study for MA by spot urinalysis. The incidence of microalbuminuria was 31.7% of the patients compared with 8.3% of the controls. Of all the traditional risk factors for stroke - age, male gender, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, smoking showed a positive correlation with the presence of MA (p<0.05). The effect of microalbuminuria and subtypes of ischemic stroke was observed that small vessels stroke (lacunar infract) were more (70%) than large vessels stroke (30%) and effect of microalbuminuria 21.67% higher in small vessels stroke than large vessels stroke. The presence of microalbuminuria appears to independently predict proper clinical outcome following acute stroke.
authors.affiliation: Comilla Medical College, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bhuiyan
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Mia
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ullah
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: H Z
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000652:urine