Microalbuminuria as an early marker for cardiovascular disease

D de Zeeuw, HH Parving… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Excretion of albumin in the urine is highly variable, ranging from nondetectable quantities to
milligrams of albumin and even grams of albumin. Microalbuminuria is defined as low levels
of urinary albumin excretion of 30 to 300 mg/d. Microalbuminuria is highly prevalent; in
hypertensive and diabetic populations, its prevalence varies from 10 to 40%. It is interesting
that microalbuminuria also is found frequently in seemingly healthy individuals (5 to 7%).
The variable excretion of albumin in the urine is related to the risk for the individual to …