| Background : Prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Indonesia had increased to 2,1% in 2013. World Health Organization (WHO) estimated the number of DM patients in Indonesia in year 2030 could reach up to 21,3 million people. Diabetic nephropathy is the most prevalent microvascular complication which were happened to 25% DMT2 patients after 10 years of treatment, indicated by albuminuria. Chronic hyperglycemia was the main risk factor affecting albuminuria. Smoking, blood pressure, and usage of ACEI and/or ARB could also affect this condition. This study was conducted to understand the correlation between HbA1c levels and albuminuria in DMT2 patients. Methods : This was cross-sectional study method with 74 patients by collecting data from the medical records of patients DMT2 in Atma Jaya Hospital according to certain inclusion and exclusion criteria. The collected patient data included age, sex, levels of HbA1c, blood pressure, proteinuria, smoking habit, usage of ACEI and/or ARB, and duration of treatment. Data processing in this experiment utilized the Spearman correlation method with 95% confidence interval (a = 0.05). Result : There’s a correlation between HbA1c levels and albuminuria (p<0,0001) with a quite strong correlation (r=0,439). There’s a relation between ages(p=0.029) as a cofounding factors, while blood pressure (p=0,684), smoking (p=0,869), and ACEI or ARB (p=0,386) is not a relation to HbA1c levels and albuminuria. Conclusion : This study showed a correlation between HbA1c levels and albuminuria in patients DMT2 in Atma Jaya Hospital. |