Correlation between random urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio and quantitation of 24-hour proteinuria in preeclampsia
Yamasmit, W.; Wongkitisophon, K.; Charoenvidhya, D.; Uerpairojkit, B.; Chaithongwongwatthana, S.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 86(1): 69-73
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 12678141 Document Number: 8621
To determine whether random urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio correlated with the quantitation of 24-hour proteinuria in cases of preeclampsia. Cross-sectional descriptive study. Pregnant patients hospitalized in the obstetric ward, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital due to preeclampsia. The random urine specimens were obtained from the eligible subjects for protein-to-creatinine ratio determination, the subjects were then instructed to collect 24-hour urine samples for protein measurement. Twenty-five pregnant patients completed the study. There was a strong correlation between the random urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio and the quantitation of 24-hour proteinuria (r = 0.929, p < 0.001). The presented data support a strong correlation between random urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio and quantitation of 24-hour proteinuria in hospitalized pregnant patients with preeclampsia.
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