Mild hypertensive patients with microalbuminuria were hyperinsulinemic in the absence of obesity, and their insulin level was the main determinant of microalbuminuria in these patients. Microalbuminuria in essential hypertension seems to identify patients with a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors and a bad risk profile. Thus, assessment of microalbuminuria may be useful in the stratification of risk in essential hypertension.
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