Gender-specific reference value of urine albumin-creatinine ratio in healthy Chinese adults: Results of the Beijing CKD survey

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Xu, Rong ^a   Zhang, LuXia ^a   Zhang, PuHong ^b   Wang, Fang ^a   Zuo, Li ^a   Zhou, Ying ^b   Shi, Ying ^b   Li, Gang ^b   Jiao, ShuFang ^b   Liu, ZeJun ^b   Xu, GuoBin ^a   Liang, WanNian ^c   Wang, HaiYan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Centers for Preventive Medical Research   (China)

^c Beijing Municipal Health Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Chronic kidney disease; Reference value; Urine albumin creatinine ratio

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049129582     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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