May 1, 1994Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension
Epidemiology of microalbuminuria in diabetes and in the background population
Population
Patients with insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, individuals with essential…
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Review
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Implication
May inform risk stratification in diabetes and hypertension; leaves open whether microalbuminuria is a modifiable target in metabolic syndrome.
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Population
Patients with insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, individuals with essential hypertension, and the general background population
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Outcome
Prevalence and epidemiological associations of microalbuminuriasurrogate
This review highlights that microalbuminuria is a common finding in diabetes and hypertension, serving as a marker for metabolic syndrome and a predictor of overt renal disease and increased mortality.
Cite This Study
Mogensen et al. (1994) studied this question.