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Conversion of Urine Protein-Creatinine Ratio or Urine Dipstick Protein to Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio for Use in Chronic Kidney Disease Screening and Prognosis : An Individual Participant-Based Meta-analysis.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although measuring albuminuria is the preferred method for defining and staging chronic kidney disease (CKD), total urine protein or dipstick protein is often measured instead. OBJECTIVE: To develop equations for converting urine protein-creatinine ratio (PCR) and dipstick protein to urine albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) and to test their diagnostic accuracy in CKD screening and staging.

Authors

Sumida K; Nadkarni GN; Grams ME; Sang Y; Ballew SH; Coresh J; Matsushita K; Surapaneni A; Brunskill N; Chadban SJ

Journal

Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 173, No. 6, pp. 426–435

Publisher

American College of Physicians

Publication Date

September 15, 2020

DOI

10.7326/m20-0529

ISSN

1056-8751