European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Background: Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases. The development of albuminuria in Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) increases the risk for renal disease. Methods: The study was retrospective conducted at the Primary Health Care Clinics at King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A total of 1583 Saudi with T2DM were randomly selected. Results: Total of 1583 patients with T2DM included in this study; 636 (40.2%) male and 8947 (59.8%) female with mean age 56.0