Comparative examination of definition-fixed small-amount albumin in urine

Abstract

Urinary albumin assay is performed to identify indexes for the early detection and treatment of diabetic nephropathy, and it has enabled the evaluation of urinary albumin level using even spot urine values. In recent years, qualitative and semiquantitative urinary albumin assays have been performed. These methods can be performed rapidly within a facility even at the clinic level, and their reliabilities are reasonable compared with those of quantitative examinations. Qualitative and semiquantitative examinations show favorable results in other research studies as well in terms of correlation with quantitative examination. In this study, we conducted a comparative analysis to determine the coincidence rates of the results of both examinations in our hospital. We were able to obtain good correlations from test results of both laboratory procedures, as we report here.