STUDY OF MICROALBUMINURIA IN OBESE INDIVIDUALS AS AN EARLY INDICATOR OF NEPHROPATHY

Abstract

Background: Obesity is becoming more widely recognized as risk factor for renal illness, although the precise prevalence of microalbuminuria, especially when other risk factors are taken into consideration, remains unknown. The current study is undertaken to correlate microalbuminuria with severity of obesity based on BMI. Methods: A cross-sectional study on individuals attending R. L Jalappa Hospital from January 2020 to May 2021. With the approval of institutional ethics committee, patients who are meeting the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria are recruited consecutively by convenient sampling till the necessary sample size is reached. Urinary albumin excretion, eGFR are considered as primary outcome of interest. BMI was considered as explanatory variable. Results: A total of 109 individuals with a mean age of 37.78 ± 15.5 years with 42.20% males and 57.80% females are studied. The mean BMI is 27.38±2.04 kgm2. The mean ACR is 27.20±22.63. Conclusions: Our study noted a weak positive correlation between BMI and ACR (r value=0.451, p value=<0.001).