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Microalbuminuria, blood pressure and cardiovascular risk factors in elderly males

<p>Objective - To correlate blood pressure and inflammatory markers with urine albumin analysed with a point-of-care testing (POCT) instrument, nephelometric determination of albumin and creatinine related urine albumin in elderly males.</p><p>Methods and Results - The study population consisted of 103 diabetic and 603 nondiabetic males (age 77 years) in a cross-sectional study in central Sweden. We analyzed urine albumin with a HemoCue® Urine Albumin POCT instrument and a ProSpec® nephelometer and creatinine related urine albumin. There were strong correlation between both systolic and diastolic blood pressure and all three urine albumin methods (p<0.0001). There were also significant correlations between the different urine albumin measurements and SAA, hsCRP and IL-6.</p><p>Conclusions - Hypertension has a strong impact on hyperfiltration in diabetic and nondiabetic elderly males.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-6151
Date January 2005
CreatorsFlorvall, Gösta, Basu, Samar, Helmersson, Johanna, Larsson, Anders
PublisherUppsala University, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Clinical Nutrition Research, Clinical Nutrition Research, Department of Medical Sciences
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text

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