Microalbuminuria: its relation with glycaemic control and duration of diabetes

ABSTRACT

Diabetic nephropathy is one of the most dreadful complications of diabetes mellitus. It is a progressive disorder culminating in end stage renal disease. Microalbuminuric stage of diabetic nephropathy is reversible with therapeutic intervention and good metabolic control. Hundred patients were studies for microalbuminuria duration of diabetics and its control in this study which showed its prevalence of 37% in both IDDM and NIDDM. [45% in IDDM and 35.1% in NIDDM]. Microalbuminuria had a linear relationship with duration of diabetes. Its prevalence was 87% in diabetics with diabetic duration of more than 20 years, while it was only 5.88% in patients with diabetes of less than 5 years [P < 0.001]. Impaired glycaemic control was directly asscoicated with development of microalbuminuria. Regular fasting and post-prandial sugar levels along with HbA