We have evaluated the use of single voided urine (SVU) samples from diabetic outpatients as a screen for AU. albumin was measured by RIA and expressed as mg/g creatinine (cr). To set normal limits ...

Abnormalities of albumin excretion and the linkage between UACR ... the etiology of kidney disease (heavy proteinuria, active urine sediment, absence of retinopathy, rapid decline in GFR).

All patients were screened for AER (assessed from overnight urine, three times during the last 6 months) and 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring with every half-hour measurement, according to the Holter ...