INCREASED PREVALENCE OF MICROALBUMINURIA IN HYPERTENSIVE ASIAN AMERICAN ADULTS

Aayush Visaria, Akarsh Sharma, Sumaiya Islam, Joel James, Pooja Polamarasetti, and Priyanka Raju recently published the following study in the Journals of the American College Cardiology: “Increased Prevalence of Microalbuminuria in Hypertensive Asian American Adults.“

Excerpt:

Previous studies have shown elevated microalbuminuria risk in hypertensive non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and Hispanic adults compared to non-Hispanic Whites (NHW); yet, currently there are limited studies describing the disparities in microalbuminuria prevalence in hypertensive Asian Americans (AA). By using the 2011-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 4,087 adults were analyzed for microalbuminuria. The study concluded that hypertensive Asian Americans were significantly more likely to have microalbuminuria than non-Hispanic Whites. In contrast to non-Hispanic Blacks, this disparity in Asian Americans may, in part, be driven by increased impaired glucose tolerance prevalence.