Albuminuria, a chronic kidney and/or cardiovascular disease biomarker, is currently measured as albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR). We hypothesize that in severely obese individuals ACR might be abnormally low in spite of relatively high levels of urinary albumin due to increased creatininuria.
Guidone, C., Gniuli, D., Castagneto Gissey, L., Leccesi, L., Arrighi, E., Iaconelli, A., Mingrone, G., Underestimation of urinary albumin to creatinine ratio in morbidly obese subjects due to high urinary creatinine excretion, <<Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)>>, 2012; 31 (2): 212-216. [doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2011.10.007] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/6252]
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Titolo: | Underestimation of urinary albumin to creatinine ratio in morbidly obese subjects due to high urinary creatinine excretion | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2011.10.007 | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2012 | |
Abstract: | Albuminuria, a chronic kidney and/or cardiovascular disease biomarker, is currently measured as albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR). We hypothesize that in severely obese individuals ACR might be abnormally low in spite of relatively high levels of urinary albumin due to increased creatininuria. | |
Lingua: | Inglese | |
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Citazione: | Guidone, C., Gniuli, D., Castagneto Gissey, L., Leccesi, L., Arrighi, E., Iaconelli, A., Mingrone, G., Underestimation of urinary albumin to creatinine ratio in morbidly obese subjects due to high urinary creatinine excretion, <<Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)>>, 2012; 31 (2): 212-216. [doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2011.10.007] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/6252] | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | Articolo in rivista, Nota a sentenza |