Correlation of microalbuminuria with target organ damage in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients

Dr Bh V K Praveen Varma; Dr Aswini kumar Sahoo; Dr Renuka Rayana; Dr Sirisha Kodem; Dr Prahallad Chandra Mishra

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2018

Correlation of microalbuminuria with target organ damage in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients

Dr Bh V K Praveen Varma, Dr Aswini Kumar Sahoo, Dr Renuka Rayana, Dr Sirisha Kodem, Dr Prahallad Chandra Mishra

Abstract :

Hypertension is one of the commonest diagnosis in hospital /out patients in our country with a significant morbidity and mortality. Microalbuminura has important cardiovascular implications in hypertensives.Microalbuminuria is an independent risk factor for target organ damage and the severity of the disease and considered as an important prognostic indicator. This study aimed at determining the relationship between microalbuminuria and age of the patient, level of blood pressure and target organ damage. One hundred hypertensive cases were evaluated for microalbuminuria and left ventricular hypertrophy and retinopathy. Significant microalbuminuria was found to occur in hypertensive patients.The odds ratio for microalbuminuria patients having retinopathy was 12(95% CI = 2.5927 to 55.5403). A significant correlation is seen between the prevalence of microalbuminuria and the presence of LVH (p<0.05) in hypertensives. This study suggests that there is a positive correlation between microalbuminuria and target organ damage in hypertensive patients, calls for further studies with greater sample size.