Is microalbuminuria a predictor of cardiovascular and renal events in essential hypertension (EH)?
ASN 30th Annual Meeting, San Antonio J Am Soc Nephrol (Oct) 8:313A 1997 This was a retrospective look at 141 patients with essential hypertension. 54 patients had microalbuminuria (MA) and 87 did not. After a follow up period of 7 years, 12/54 with MA vs. 2/87 without MA had adverse cardiovascular events. The Cr clearance decreased by 12.7 ml/min in the group with MA versus 7.1 ml/min in the group without. Comment: Although it is clear that microalbuminuria is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, in this study the patient cohort with the microalbuminuria also had a higher incidence of risk factors associated with CV disease such as smoking, higher cholesterol and triglycerides, and a higher weight, all of which may have had some confounding effect on the findings. (John Ball, M.D., Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, IL) To go back use the BACK button on your browser.
