Microalbuminuria in a diabetic population

The aim of the report is to define that diabetic population which is to be recognised as at imminent, and possibly reversible, risk of diabetic nephropathy. The prevalence of 0.63% of diabetes in the Mosgiel practice population is confirmed. Of the 84 diabetics studied eight (9.5%) had proteinuria and an additional nine (10.7%) had microalbuminuria. The means of quantification of microalbuminuria as the urinary albumin/creatinine ratio has been documented for a New Zealand population.