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Volume 23	April - June 2007 (Part-I)	Number 2
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Prevalence of microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetes mellitus at
a diabetic clinic in King Abdulaziz University Hospital

Abdulrahman Al-Shaikh¹

ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the prevalence of microalbuminuria and associated risk factors among type 2 diabetic patients with no proteinuria by urine dipstick test, attending a diabetic clinic in King Abdulaziz University Hospital.
Patients and Methods: Three hundred and thirty one type 2 diabetes patients were recruited for the study. Urinary albumin concentration was measured by immunoturbodimetric assay. Microalbuminuria was diagnosed if the urinary albumin excretion more than 30mg/g of creatinine.
Results: Microalbuminuria was diagnosed in 151 patients out of the total numbers of the patients included in the study (45.6%).
Conclusion: The overall prevalence of the microalbuminuria in our patients with type 2 diabetes visiting our clinic in king Abdulaziz University Hospital were high and similar to that reported in other studies.

KEYWORDS: Type 2 diabetes, Microalbuminuria, Proteinuria, Diabetes in Saudi Arabia.

Pak J Med Sci   April 2007   Vol. 23 No. 2   223-226

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1. Dr. Abdurrahman Al-Shaikh,
Assistance Professor,
Medical Physician, and
Endocrinology Consultant,
King Abdulaziz University Hospital,
Medical Department,
P.O. Box: 80215,
Jeddah: 21589,
Saudi Arabia.

Correspondence:

Dr. Abdurrahman Al-Shaikh
E-Mail: joodshaikh@yahoo.com

* Received for Publication: August 22, 2006
* Accepted: October 26, 2006

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