Why the study?
Is the prevalence of microalbuminuria higher in South Asian patients with type 2 diabetes compared to white Europeans?
Population
552 patients with type 2 diabetes from the United Kingdom Asian Diabetes Study who had microalbuminuria…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support ethnicity-specific microalbuminuria screening in T2DM; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before changing thresholds.
Is the prevalence of microalbuminuria higher in South Asian patients with type 2 diabetes compared to white Europeans?
South Asian patients with type 2 diabetes have a significantly higher prevalence of microalbuminuria compared to white Europeans, even at normal blood pressure levels, suggesting a potential need for lower cardiovascular risk treatment thresholds in this population.
Dixon et al. (2006) studied this question.
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