General
Synonym/Acronym:
Albumin, urine.
Common Use:
To assist in the identification and management of early diabetes in order to avoid or delay onset of diabetic associated renal disease.
Specimen:
Urine (10 mL) from a random or timed specimen collected in a clean plastic collection container.
Normal Findings:
(Method: Immunoassay)
| Test | Conventional Units |
|---|
| Random microalbumin | Less than 0.03 mg albumin/mg creatinine |
| 24-hr microalbumin | |
| Normal | Less than 30 mg/24 hr |
| Microalbuminuria | 30–299 mg/24 hr |
| Clinical albuminuria | 300 mg or greater/24 hr |
| Simultaneous measurement of urine creatinine or creatinine clearance may be requested. Normal ratio of microalbumin to creatinine is less than 30:1. |
Microalbumin has been found in Davis's Lab & Diagnostic Tests
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