Asymptomatic proteinuria and hematuria in school going children

Background: this study was undertaken because many cases of asymptomatic proteinuria and hematuria are present in school children. aims and objectives: the study was undertaken to evaluate asymptomatic proteinuria and hematuria in 100 school children of both sexes from 6 to 15 years of age. material and methods: samples were collected randomly from students of different classes at the government kannada primary school,k h b colony,bijapur,karnataka (india). the midstream urine sample was collected in a clean wide mouth jar,examined by dipsticks for proteinuria and hematuria by microscopy. results: we found that asymptomatic proteinuria and hematuria was more prevalent amongst the children between 10 to 13 years of age group with female predominance i.e.16% proteinuria and 5% of microscopic hematuria respectively. conclusion: by this study we conclude that it would be possible to screen a large population of children for asymptomatic proteinuria and hematuria at a relatively low cost. © journal of krishna institute of medical sciences university.