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. 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. Conclusions - Hypertension has a strong impact on hyperfiltration in diabetic and nondiabetic elderly males.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-6151 |
Date | January 2005 |
Creators | Florvall, Gösta, Basu, Samar, Helmersson, Johanna, Larsson, Anders |
Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi, Enheten för klinisk näringsforskning, Enheten för klinisk näringsforskning, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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