Screening for Nephropathy in Diabetes Mellitus: Is Micral-Test Valid among All Diabetics?

Table 3

Microalbuminuria’s prevalence in the literature.

Study	Number of patients	MA measurement method	MA’s prevalence (%)
Our study	182	24-hour urinary; UAC: 30–300 mg/d	23%
Kuwait, 2008 [23]	440	Micral-test	14.2%
Argentina, 2011 [26]	88	24-hour urinary; UAC: 30–300 mg/d	46.2%
Albania, 2013 [43]	222	Matinal urine; UACR: 30–300 mg/g	38.6%
Italy, 1996 [41]	1574	Night urine; UAC: 20–200 μg/min	32.1%
Tunisia, 2014 [44]	120	—	27.5%
Tunisia, 2008 [29]	141	24-hour urinary; UAC: 30–300 mg/d	25.5%
Morocco, 2009 [13]	728	24-hour urinary; UAC: 30–300 mg/d	11.5%

UAC: urinary albumin concentration.
UACR: urinary albumin creatinine ratio.