Research Article
Microalbuminuria and Retinopathy among Hypertensive Nondiabetic Patients at a Large Public Outpatient Clinic in Southwestern Uganda
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study participants enrolled at hypertension clinic, Mbarara Hospital (
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| | Characteristic | |
| | Characteristics | | | Age, median (range) | 55 (25–87) | | Female, (%) | 208 (62.3) |
| | District of residence, (%) | | | Mbarara | 177 (53.0) | | Isingiro | 63 (18.9) | | Bushenyi | 40 (12.0) | | Ntungamo | 14 (4.2) | | Others | 40 (12.0) |
| | Occupation, (%) | | | Peasant | 112 (33.5) | | Self-employed | 130 (38.9) | | Professional | 11 (3.3) |
| | Education, (%) | | | None | 99 (29.6) | | Primary | 150 (44.9) | | Secondary | 56 (16.8) | | Tertiary | 29 (8.7) |
| | Clinical | | | Current smoker, (%) | 64 (19.2) | | Duration of hypertension (years), median (range) | 4.75 (1–12) | | History of stroke/TIA, (%) | 12 (3.59) | | Body mass index, mean (±SD) | 28.19 (17.9) | | Systolic blood pressure, mean (±SD) | 153 (22.2) | | Diastolic blood pressure, mean (±SD) | 86 (12.9) | | Fasting blood sugar, mean (±SD) | 6.16 (1.6) | | Urine albumin concentration, mean (±SD) | 3904.4 (47.5) | | Urine creatinine, mean (±SD) | 62.85 (5.2) | | Urinary albumin-creatinine ratio, mean (±SD) | 87.7 (14.1) |
| | Medication | | | ACEI/ARB, (%) | 103 (30.8) | | Blockers, (%) | 145 (43.4) | | Calcium channel blockers, (%) | 232 (69.5) | | Diuretics, (%) | 199 (43.4) |
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