Does microalbuminuria predict cardiovascular mortality in treated hypertensive men?
11th Scientific Meeting, American Society of Hypertension Am J Hypert (Apr) 9:11A 1996 Microalbuminuria is a known risk factor for cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients. However, the ability of microalbuminuria to predict complications in hypertensives is less certain. The purpose of this study was to prospectively determine the predictive power of microalbuminuria for total and cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive patients. 94 hypertensive, diabetic and 345 hypertensive, non-diabetic patients, aged 50-72 years were followed for a mean of 6.3 years. Among those with diabetes and hypertension, either microalbuminuria or overt albuminuria were associated with increased cardiovascular mortality after adjustment for other risk factors. However, among hypertensives without diabetes, microalbuminura was not associated with increased mortality, although overt albuminuria was. Comment: The authors conclude that microalbuminuria is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular m
