TY - JOUR AU - Yousaf, Mohammad AU - Arshad, Muzammil AU - Sabir, Kehkasha AU - ., Ibrahim AU - ., Razaullah PY - 2018/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - FREQUENCY OF MICROALBUMINURIA IN THE MIDDLE AGE AND OLDER POPULATION OF PESHAWAR CITY JF - Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal JA - PAFMJ VL - 68 IS - 6 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/2554 SP - 1594-98 AB - <p><strong>Objectives:</strong></p><p>To determine the frequency of micro albuminuria in the middle age and older population of both genders in Peshawar city of Pakistan.</p><p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Random control study.</p><p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> This study was carried out from Jan 2017 to Feb 2017 in Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), Peshawar Pakistan.</p><p><strong> Material and Methods:</strong></p><p>The study was conducted on 118 subjects (Female: 48 &amp; 70 male) aged 45-75 years. Spot urine sample from each subject was quantified for micro albumin and creatinine. The results for micro albuminuria were expressed as ACR (Albumin creatinine ratio/gram of creatinine). Patients were categorized according to ACR results as norm albuminuria (ACR = 20 mg/g Cr), micro albuminuria (ACR = 30–299 mg/g Cr), or macro albuminuria (ACR ≥300 mg/ g Cr).</p><p><strong>Results:</strong></p><p>The percentage of hypertensive (60%) and macro albuminuria patients (8.33%) were higher in female subjects than the male subjects (hypertensive; 25.71%) and macro albuminuria patients (2.86%). The prevalence of micro albuminuria was higher in male (25.71%) than the female subjects (25%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p><p>Micro albuminuria was found to be more prevalent in male than in female while macro albuminuria patients were higher in female than in male.</p> ER -