A recent study by National Kidney Foundation has revealed that women with albuminuria have greater chances of giving birth prematurely. Albuminuria is a condition is which the level of protein albumin in urine is abnormal. This is a very significant finding as it allows doctors to be better prepared for premature delivery in women. They can get to know about this condition by a very simple and inexpensive test.

Research reveals that this condition suggests that a woman could have problems related to her blood vessels, specifically the lining of the vessels. It isn’t that albuminuria is the only cause of premature birth; it could be caused due to malfunction in blood vessels.

Albuminuria is the initial symptom of kidney disease and damage to kidney leads to the leakage of protein albumin into the urine. It has also been found that albuminuria is closely related to other diseases by heart attack, stroke and heart failure. This could be essentially a sign that the entire blood vessel has been affected by albuminuria.

The study was conducted on 111 women, who had given birth after a gestation of less than thirty seven weeks and another 293 women who had normal delivery. During the research, the albumin levels were measured and the results showed that women who had higher level of albumin in their urine stood greater risks of premature delivery as compared to those with low levels of albumin. This report will be definitely of great help to doctors as they will be able to streamline their efforts better.