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Elevated urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio rules out pregnancy-induced hypertension with up to ~96% negative predictive value.
Cohort (n=199)
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In 199 normotensive pregnant women at 20 and 30 weeks of gestation, a fasting urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (FU Alb/Cr) was evaluated to predict pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). FU Alb/Cr in patients destined to develop PIH was significantly high compared to that in normotensive women. When FU Alb/Cr of more than 16 was considered to represent a positive test result, the negative predictive value was 94% and 96%, respectively. FU Alb/Cr is a useful screening tool for PIH.
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Nakamura et al. (1992) conducted a cohort in Pregnancy-induced hypertension (n=199). Fasting urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (FU Alb/Cr) >16 vs. FU Alb/Cr <=16 was evaluated on Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). A fasting urinary albumin/creatinine ratio >16 predicted pregnancy-induced hypertension with negative predictive values of 94% and 96% at 20 and 30 weeks gestation.
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