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Microalbuminuria. From diabetes to cardiovascular risk

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2011

Abstract

An increased albuminuria level, known as microalbuminuria is associated with a range of diseases, most frequently with diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Microalbuminuria An increased albuminuria level, known as microalbuminuria is associated with a range of diseases, most frequently with diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

Microalbuminuria in type 1 diabetes is an early sign of diabetic nephropathy onset, while it tends to be an indicator of the level of cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes and essential hypertension.