Association between low-grade albuminuria and cardiovascular risk in Korean adults: the 2011-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

PloS One
Jae Won HongDong-Jun Kim

Abstract

Recent studies have indicated that low UACR levels (<30 μg/mg) previously considered to be in the normal range ('low-grade albuminuria') are associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the general population. We studied 9,736 participants with albuminuria in the normal range from the 2011-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). The weighted prevalences of metabolic syndrome (MS) and the 10-year risk for coronary heart disease measured using the Framingham risk score (FRS) ≥ 20% (high risk) were 22.5 ± 0.7% and 14.5 ± 0.7%, respectively, in males and 23.3 ± 0.8% and 8.5 ± 0.4%, respectively in females. Weighted comparisons among the tertiles of UACR revealed that the prevalences of MS and high-risk FRS increased with increasing UACR (MS: males, 15.9 ± 1.1, 20.2 ± 1.2, 32.4 ± 1.5%, respectively; P < 0.001; and females, 17.6 ± 1.0, 22.7 ± 1.0, 30.2 ± 1.4%, respectively; P < 0.001. High-risk FRS: males, 9.5 ± 0.7, 12.3 ± 0.9, 22.5 ± 1.2, respectively; P < 0.001; and females, 5.8 ± 0.6, 7.9 ± 0.7, 12.0 ± 0.9%, respectively; P < 0.001). The positive association persisted after adjusting for hypertension and diabetes. The weighted comparisons among the deciles of UACR revealed that the prev...Continue Reading

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