Microalbuminuria, renal dysfunction and cardiovascular complication in essential hypertension

Abstract

The transversal phase of our research, performed in a homogeneous population of Caucasian essential hypertensives with no metabolic disturbances, confirms the relationship between blood pressure pattern and early glomerular changes in essential hypertensives without overt proteinuria. Furthermore, these results emphasize the role of microalbuminuria as a marker of early cardiac, renal and retinal structural and functional changes in essential hypertension. The longitudinal study, which is in progress, will confirm the prognostic value of microalbuminuria in essential hypertension.