It is uncertain whether microalbuminuria after statin use has the same prognostic impact for renal disease and CVD as the increase of albumin excretion induced by endothelial dysfunction on the ...

Microalbuminuria ... function and may suggest the presence of diabetic kidney disease. Kidney imaging: Imaging tests such as ...

Results: The prevalence of microalbuminuria was 6.9% for those patients who were not taking statins versus 15.0% for those receiving statin treatment (p = 0.001; χ 2-test). Odds ratio was 2.59 ...