Why the study?
Does random urine specimen albumin measurement accurately screen for diabetic nephropathy compared to 24-hour urine collection in ambulatory diabetes patients?
Population
105 ambulatory diabetes mellitus patients in Korea, ages 40-75 years (median 59 years), 52 male and 53 female.
Comparison
Urine albumin concentration and urine… vs Timed urinary albumin excretion rate measured in…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Spot UACR may aid convenient microalbuminuria screening in diabetes; leaves open need for prospective outcome validation.
Does random urine specimen albumin measurement accurately screen for diabetic nephropathy compared to 24-hour urine collection in ambulatory diabetes patients?
Random urine specimen albumin measurements (UAC and UACR) are valid and correlate well with 24-hour urine collections for screening diabetic nephropathy.
Ahn et al. (1999) studied this question.
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