Abstract

Background: Today, hypertension is the most critical public health problem. If left untreated, it increases coronary stroke events, heart failure, and renal failure¹.Microalbuminuria in cases with established essential hypertension is a predictor of a higher risk of cardiovascular and renal dysfunction². Early detection of microalbuminuria will help us to  control the development of complications of hypertension with specific therapy for microalbuminuria. 

Aims & Objectives: To determine the prevalence of microalbuminuria in patients with primary hypertension and to study the correlation of microalbuminuria with clinical profile and complications of primary hypertension.

Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in Maharajah's institute of Medical sciences (MIMS) Nellimarla, from March 2019 to February 2020, included 100 patients.

Conclusion: Microalbuminuria in essential hypertension does not show any correlation with the sex of the patient. As the severity of hypertension increases, the degree of microalbuminuria also increases. An increase in systolic blood pressure has a better correlation with microalbuminuria than diastolic blood pressure.  All patients with essential hypertension and microalbuminuria had retinopathy which showed as higher is the microalbuminuria, severe is the grade of retinopathy.

Keywords: Hypertension, Microalbuminuria, Joint National Committee VIII, Left ventricular hypertrophy, Retinopathy.