Why the study?
Does screening with dipstick proteinuria improve the identification of rapid kidney function decline in community-dwelling adults compared to albuminuria?
Population
2,574 adult participants in a community-based prospective cohort study with at least three annual eGFR…
Comparison
Screening with urine dipstick for proteinuria vs Screening with albuminuria or no screening
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 7 years
Authors
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May support dipstick use to target eGFR monitoring in at-risk adults; leaves open prospective validation versus albuminuria.
Does screening with dipstick proteinuria improve the identification of rapid kidney function decline in community-dwelling adults compared to albuminuria?
Inexpensive screening with urine dipstick for protein ≥ 1 g/L is a strong predictor of rapid kidney function decline and can efficiently target patients needing serial eGFR monitoring.
Clark et al. (2011) studied this question.
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