Imran Khan, Abdul Ghaffar Dars, Nisar Ahmed Shah, Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah.
Essential Hypertension; Frequency of Microalbuminuria in patients with Essential Hypertension.
Professional Med J Jan ;25(6):854-9.

Objectives: To determine the frequency of microalbuminuria in patients with essential hypertension for postpartum hemorrhage. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Department of Medicine at Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad. Period: Six months (from January 2015 to June 2015). Patients and Methods: All the patients ?35 years of age both gender had essential hypertension were enrolled and explored for microalbuminuria by urine examination while the data was analyzed in SPSS 16. Results: Total one hundred subjects with essential hypertension were studied and explored for microalbuminuria. The mean age ±SD of for overall population was 52.82±7.85 and it was 51.23±8.21 and 53.32±6.52 in male and female gender respectively. The overall mean ± SD for systolic blood pressure was 170±12.62 whereas it was 160.82±10.82 and 165±11.92 in male and female gender respectively. The mean ±SD for blood pressure (diastolic) was 105±71 while it was 95.01±7.21 and 100.82±6.42 in male and female sex respectively. The duration of hypertension as mean ±SD was 3.72±2.52 in overall population. The microalbuminuria was identified in 59 (59%) patients with statistical significance in relation to age (p=0.00), gender (p=0.00), duration of hypertension (p=0.01), treatment status (p= 0.04), hypertension (p=0.002), BMI (p=0.05) and residence (p=0.00). Conclusion: In present series the prevalence for microalbuminuria in essential hypertension was detected as 59% and correlate with age, gender and duration and treatment status of the patients along with raised systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

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