Correlation between spot and 24h proteinuria: Derivation and validation of equation to estimate daily proteinuria.

Daily urine protein (UP) loss is a cumbersome but important measurement to guide diagnosis and treatment of renal disease. Spot urine protein-creatinine ratio (UPCR) can been applied to estimate daily proteinuria. However, the correlations between spot and 24h proteinuria remain controversial. In th...

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Main Authors: Yih-Ting Chen, Heng-Jung Hsu, Cheng-Kai Hsu, Chin-Chan Lee, Kuang-Hung Hsu, Chiao-Yin Sun, Chun-Yu Chen, Yung-Chang Chen, Yi-Ching Yu, I-Wen Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214614