The relationship between low levels of albuminuria and cardiovascular mortality among apparently healthy adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Albuminuria is associated with cardiovascular events among adults with underlying cardiovascular disease and diabetes, even at low levels of urinary albumin excretion. We hypothesized that low levels of albuminuria in the 'normal' range (urinary albumin-to-creatine ratio (UACR) <30 mg/g) are associated with cardiovascular death among apparently healthy adults.

Methods

We studied adults who participated in the 1999-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We excluded participants with baseline cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60ml/min/1.73m², those who were currently pregnant, and those who had received dialysis in the last year. After excluding these conditions, only 5.0% of the r

SUBMITTER: Claudel SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10775339 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature