Urinary screening for asymptomatic renal disorders in pre-school children in Enugu metropolis, South-East Nigeria : useful or useless

• Published in: Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation 2015-11, Vol.26 (6), p.1241-1245
• Main Authors: Azubuike, Jonathan Chukwuemeka, Njeze, Ngozi Rosemary, Okafor, Henrietta Uche, Neboh, Emeka Ernest, Odetunde, Odutola Israel, Odetunde, Oluwatoyin Arinola
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Asymptomatic Diseases; Care and treatment; Child, Preschool; Data processing; Day care centers; Diagnosis; Electrolytes; Elementary school students; Female; Health aspects; Hematuria - epidemiology; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - epidemiology; Kidney diseases; Kidney Diseases - diagnosis; Laboratories; Local government; Male; Mass Screening; Microscopy; Mortality; Nigeria; Population; Prevalence; Proteins; Proteinuria - epidemiology; Schools; Studies; Teaching hospitals; Urban Population; Urinalysis; Urine; أطفال ما قبل المدرسة; الأمراض; التشخيص الطبي; الكلى; تحليل البول
• ISSN: 1319-2442; 2320-3838
• DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.168656

To evaluate the usefulness of simple screening tests such as urinalysis and blood pressure measurement in the early detection of renal disorders in pre-School children, we used a multi–staged random sampling method to select subjects from registered nursery schools within Enugu metropolis in south-east Nigeria. We selected 630 children for this cohort study. There was a prevalence of 2.7 %, 0 % and 1.9% for asymptomatic proteinuria, hematuria and hypertension, respectively. There was no age, gender or social class preponderance (P = 0.44). Hypertension seemed to be limited to children close to the age group of five years (P