Frequency of microalbuminuria during diabetes in Dakar, Senegal

• Published in: Dakar medical Vol. 48; no. 3; p. 237
• Main Authors: Cisse, A, Lopez Sall, P, Diop, P A, Diop, S N, Sylla Niang, M, Ka Cisse, M S, Gueye, P M, Sarr, A, Ndour Mbaye, N M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: Senegal 2003
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Albuminuria - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Diabetic Nephropathies - complications; Diabetic Nephropathies - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Senegal - epidemiology; Senegal

Nephropathy is one of the complications occuring during diabetes and it is diagnosed via microalbuminuria. From 1992 to 1999, five hundred and eighty seven (587) diabetic patients were recruited and distributed into two groups, A (n = 270) and B (n = 317). Microalbuminuria was determined by immunone...