ESPE Abstracts

Background: An increased urinary albumin excretion rate of 30 to 300 mg/24h (microalbuminuria) constitutes an early stage of nephropathy, especially when it becomes persistent. The main modifiable initiation and progression factors of diabetic nephropathy are hyperglycemia and hypertension. There is limited information on the burden of diabetic nephropathy in developing countries. To date there are no studies that show the magnitude of microalbuminuria in the ...