A Comparison of the Spot Urine Protein-Creatinine Ratio with 24-h Urinary Protein for Quantification of Proteinuria: A Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study

This study included Nepalese patients aged 2-83 years, with a mean age of 36.56 years (standard deviation: 20.78). The number of males was slightly higher than females, and the male-female ratio was 1.26:1. Hypertension was present in 44.3% of patients, diabetes was present in 20% of patients, 74.3% of patients were suffering from acute glomerulonephritis with various causes, and 12.9% of patients had chronic kidney disease. A linear relationship existed between the spot urine P-CR and the 24-h UTP, with a correlation coefficient of 0.877 (P <0.01). The correlation was suboptimal at higher levels of protein excretion (>3.5 g/day). Random spot urine P-CR correlated well with the 24-h UTP, particularly at lower levels of protein excretion.PMID:38725205 | DOI:10.4103/sjkdt.sjkdt_261_22
Source: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Source Type: research