AbstractAll patients attending a Diabetic Clinic, were invited to attend a combined Diabetic/Ophthalmic Clinic. In all, 658 patients out of a total of 684 were studied. Fifty‐six out of 650 patients who brought a urine sample, had proteinuria‐positive Albustix. The prevalence of proteinuria in patients with insulin‐dependent diabetes (IDD) (16 out of 204), was not significantly different from that of those with non‐insulin dependent diabetes (NIDD) (40 out of 446). In IDD, the prevalence of proteinuria in patients with retinopathy (10 out of 94), was not significantly different from that of patients without retinopathy (6 out of 108). This was also true for patients with NIDD (11 out of 104), patients with retinopathy and 28 out of 338 patients without retinopathy. In this study, we were unable to demonstrate any clear relationship between “Albustix‐positive” proteinuria and diabeti