Abstract | BACKGROUND: This study is to determine microalbuminuria in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients before commencement of highly active anti-retroviral treatment ( HAART). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Consecutive patients with the HIV infection seen in the HIV counselling and testing (HCT) unit of the Faith Alive Foundation Hospital, Jos, and a similar group of healthy uninfected patients were evaluated for renal disease: Urinary albumin and urinary creatinine were analysed. RESULTS: Of the 200 patients with HIV infection and 100 uninfected controls studied, increased urinary albumin excretion (UAE) was present in 39 (19.5%) of the subjects and 5.0 (5.0%) of controls. The difference between the mean values for the UAE for both subjects and controls [182.3 ± 54.3 and 163.9 ± 39.3 mg/l, respectively (P = 0.006)] was statistically significant. On the other hand the urinary creatinine for both the subjects and controls [11.7 ± 5.2 and 12.0 ± 4.8 mmol/L, respectively (P = 0.6)] was not statistically significant. The difference between the mean urinary albumin/ creatinine ratio (UACR) for both subjects and controls [1.8 ± 1.2 mg/mmol and 1.4 ± 0.4 mg/mmol respectively (P = 0.001)] was statistically significant. CONCLUSION/RECOMMENDATION:
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Authors | Dalili Mohammed Shabbal, Mustapha Abubakar Jamda, Ibrahim Tijjani Dalhatu, Muhammad Bashir Abdulrahman, Chris Isichei |
Journal | Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association
(Niger Med J)
Vol. 55
Issue 6
Pg. 508-11
(Nov 2014)
ISSN: 0300-1652 [Print] Nigeria |
PMID | 25538372
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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