Abstract
Introduction: Proteinuria is an established predictor of developing renal disease. Aim: To assess the risk factors and prevalence of proteinuria in asymptomatic women. Method: Descriptive cross-sectional community-based study was conducted in the Taif city. Four centers were chosen at random, and samples were taken from each of them, all women over the age of 18 years. Between February and March 2022, the study was carried out. The information was gathered using an interview-based questionnaire and a urine dipstick to check for proteinuria. Result: Interviews with 400 female participants in total took place. The average age was 1.15250, and 42.8% of them were between the ages of 20 and 30. A college degree or other higher education was held by almost 41% of the participants. A prevalence of 0.4 was found among the 160 study participants, had proteinuria. Obesity (18%), a poor diet (33.5%), high blood pressure (26.8%), and a lack of exercise (60.5%) were the top four risk factors for proteinuria. Only 23.8% of the samples (76.2%) have a family history of chronic disease, and the distribution of chronic disease was 10.5%. More than two thirds of the samples (76.2%) do not have any chronic diseases. Inadequate renal function (12%), high cholesterol (5.8%), diabetes (18%), and hypertension (18%) were all present. Conclusions: Proteinuria was highly prevalent. It has been established that lack of exercise, a diet, family history, BMI, hypertension, and diabetes are statistically significant risk factors for proteinuria.