Abstract
Three hospital sites evaluated the Bayer two‐pad urine dipstick as a screening test for microalbuminuria. One pad estimates albumin concentrations between 10 and 150 mg/L, and the second estimates creatinine values between 300 and 3,000 mg/L. The Boehringer Mannheim (BMD) Micral® dipstick was also compared and evaluated. The accuracy of the dipsticks was judged by comparison with cuvet‐based immunonephelometry for albumin and to standard rate‐Jaffé methods for creatinine; these assays were well standardized and controlled and were assumed to give accurate values. Precision of these methods and that of the dipsticks was determined by multiple assays of control materials. Visual or instrument (Clinitek 50® or 100®) evaluation of the Bayer or visual checks of the BMD albumin dipstick pad with patients' urines gave clinically acceptable accuracy. The albumin/creatinine ratio from the Bayer dipsticks gave better accuracy for albumin excretion than the albumin pads alone from either manufacturer. This ratio should permit making a good estimate of the 24‐hr albumin excretion in a randomly collected urine. J. Clin. Lab. Anal. 12:280–284, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Keywords: microalbuminuria, albumin concentrations, creatinine values, albumin/creatinine ratio
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