Relationship Between Dipstick Positive Proteinuria and Albumin:Creatinine Ratios

• Published in: Journal of diabetes and its complications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 52 - 55
• Main Authors: Davidson, Mayer B., Smiley, JoEllen F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 1999; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Albuminuria - diagnosis; Albuminuria - urine; Biological and medical sciences; Creatinine - blood; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Diabetic Nephropathies - diagnosis; Diabetic Nephropathies - urine; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Humans; Management. Various non-drug treatments. Langerhans islet grafts; Medical sciences; Predictive Value of Tests; Proteinuria - diagnosis; Proteinuria - urine; Reagent Strips; Reference Values; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; United States; North America; America; Endocrinopathy; Kidney disease; Creatinine; Human; Urine; Urinary system disease; Diabetes mellitus; Albumin; Test validation; Nephropathy; Reagent strip; Complication; Diagnosis; Comparative study; Proteinuria

Currently, neither the American Diabetes Association nor the Kidney Foundation consider the results of a positive dipstick urine test for protein, a semi-quantitative measurement, in the final evaluation of diabetic nephropathy. Instead, they require a quantitative test. The object of this study was...