STUDY OF CORRELATION BETWEEN MICROALBUMINURIA AND ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE
Background: Microalbuminuria is the excretion of the albumin in minute quantity which is not detected with normal dipstick method. It is estimated to be the excretion of 30 - 300 micrograms of albumin in urine and has been called as microalbuminuria. Ischaemic stroke is defined as the acute onset in neurological deficit following sudden occlusion of blood supply to the brain tissue due to any cause. Aim: • To study the correlation between microalbuminuria and other risk factors for acute ischemic stroke Methods: As per the minimum sample sizing a total of 104 patients of Acute ischaemic stroke were studied. Among these patients, 47 patients had the presence of microalbuminuria, and the rest of the 57 had no Microalbuminuria. Since for comparison purposes, the entire study group was divided into two groups: Group A: Patients with microalbuminuria; Group B: Patients without microalbuminuria. Results: Microalbuminuria was present in most 45.19% of the patients out of the 104 patients studied. Presence of MA was significantly correlated to the Glasgow coma scale for assessing the prognostic significance. Lower the GCS the prevalence and the values of the MA were more. There was no significant correlation between the Age and the presence of MA. There was no significant gender discrepancy with the presence of MA. There was no significant correlation between the presence of ECG changes and the presence and absence of MA. No significant correlation was withdrawn from the presence of smoking history and the presence of MA. Also, there was no significant correlations established between the lipid parameters and MA. Conclusion: This study may serve to add the data that is already available in pertaining to the significant risk factors and other parameters. Its importance in the other systemic diseases and its behaviour has to be further studied, and its prognostic significance has to be established. In our study, we found out that the presence was around 45.19% of the entire study group. We could also infer that the Presence of MA may also serve as an important prognostic indicator for the neurological outcomes of the disease.