Microalbuminuria in obese patients with or without hypertension.

Abstract

These results show the high prevalence of microalbuminuria in nondiabetic obese patients and suggest the involvement of renal hyperfiltration. Microalbuminuria may be an indicator of familial hypertension in obese subjects. Insulin resistance may be involved in the increase in the UAER. Nutritional factors, particularly lipid intake, may contribute to this increase in the UAER via an increase in glomerular hyperfiltration.