I suggest to read my paper considering this ratio in Diab. Care 1999;
22:307-313
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> Verzonden: dinsdag 24 september 2002 13:11
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> Onderwerp: Microalbuminuria screening
>
> Dear All
>
> We now have the technical capacity to cope with our
> request workload for microalbumin, and are in the
> process of introducing the albumin:creatinine ratio as
> a screening test. From the literature, there seems to
> be little consensus over reference values. Mike Mead
> in Br J Diab & Vac Dis May/June 20022002;2:191-4
> states that "microalbuminuria is usually defined as a
> urinary albumin: creatinine ratio (ACR) of >2.5
> mg/mmol in men and >3.5 mg/mmol in women." However, in
> the CALM Study (Mogensen et al, BMJ
> 2000;321:1440-1444) 2.5 was used as the cutoff in both
> sexes.
>
> Others I know use > 2 in men and >3.3 in
> women.Official guidance in the UK makes little or no
> mention of the screening test.
> Who is right? There are huge implications for the
> numbers of timed urine collections we might have to do
> dependent on the screening cutoffs used.
>
> Dr Lance N Sandle BSc MBChB FRCPath
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