Frequency of Microalbuminuria in the middle age and older population of Peshawar City

Objectives: To determine the frequency of micro albuminuria in the middle age and older population of both genders in Peshawar city of Pakistan

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Study Design: Random control study

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Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out from Jan 2017 to Feb 2017 in Khyber Teaching Hospital [KTH], Peshawar Pakistan

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Material and Methods: The study was conducted on 118 subjects [Female: 48 and 70 male] aged 45-75 years. Spot urine sample from each subject was quantified for micro albumin and creatinine. The results for micro albuminuria were expressed as ACR [Albumin creatinine ratio/gram of creatinine]. Patients were categorized according to ACR results as norm albuminuria [ACR = 20 mg/g Cr], micro albuminuria [ACR = 30-299 mg/g Cr], or macro albuminuria [ACR >/=300 mg/ g Cr].

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Results: The percentage of hypertensive [60 percent] and macro albuminuria patients [8.33 percent] were higher in female subjects than the male subjects [hypertensive; 25.71 percent] and macro albuminuria patients [2.86 percent]. The prevalence of micro albuminuria was higher in male [25.71 percent] than the female subjects [25 percent]

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Conclusion: Micro albuminuria was found to be more prevalent in male than in female while macro albuminuria patients were higher in female than in male