Chahrazed El Hamel1,2,3, Thierry Chianea4, Séverine Thon5, Anne Lepichoux6, Catherine Yardin7,8,9, Vincent Guigonis7,5,8. 1. Collection Biologique, Hôpital de la Mère et de l'Enfant (CB-HME), CHU Limoges, Limoges, France. chahrazed.elhamel@unilim.fr. 2. Service de pédiatrie, Hôpital de la mère et de l'enfant, CHU Limoges, Limoges Cedex, France. chahrazed.elhamel@unilim.fr. 3. Comité de l'hôpital de la mère et de l'enfant pour la recherche clinique (CHREC), CHU Limoges, Limoges, France. chahrazed.elhamel@unilim.fr. 4. Laboratoire de biochimie, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France. 5. Service de pédiatrie, Hôpital de la mère et de l'enfant, CHU Limoges, Limoges Cedex, France. 6. Service d'obstétrique, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France. 7. Collection Biologique, Hôpital de la Mère et de l'Enfant (CB-HME), CHU Limoges, Limoges, France. 8. Comité de l'hôpital de la mère et de l'enfant pour la recherche clinique (CHREC), CHU Limoges, Limoges, France. 9. Laboratoire de cytogénétique, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It is important to have an accurate assessment of urinary protein when glomerulopathy or kidney injury is suspected. Currently available normal values for the neonate population have limited value, in part because they are based on small populations and obsolete creatinine assays. We have performed a prospective study with the aim to update the normal upper values of the urinary total protein-to-creatinine and albumin-to-creatinine ratios in term newborns. METHODS: Urine samples were collected from 277 healthy, full-term newborns within the first 48 hours (D0-1) and between 72 and 120 h of life (D3-4). Total protein, albumin, creatinine and osmolality were measured and the upper limit of normal (upper-limit) values determined. RESULTS: At D0-1 and D3-4, the upper-limit values for the total protein-to-creatinine ratio were 1431 and 1205 mg/g (162 and 136 g/mol) and those for the albumin-to-creatinine ratio were 746 and 301 mg/g (84 and 34 g/mol), respectively. The upper-limit values were significantly higher at D0-1 than at D3-4 only for the albumin-to-creatinine ratio. CONCLUSION: This study determined the upper limit of normal values for urinary total protein-to-creatinine and albumin-to-creatinine ratios in the largest population of newborns studied to date. These values can therefore be considered as the most clinically relevant data currently available for the detection and diagnosis of glomerular injury in daily clinical practice in this population.
BACKGROUND: It is important to have an accurate assessment of urinary protein when glomerulopathy or kidney injury is suspected. Currently available normal values for the neonate population have limited value, in part because they are based on small populations and obsolete creatinine assays. We have performed a prospective study with the aim to update the normal upper values of the urinary total protein-to-creatinine and albumin-to-creatinine ratios in term newborns. METHODS: Urine samples were collected from 277 healthy, full-term newborns within the first 48 hours (D0-1) and between 72 and 120 h of life (D3-4). Total protein, albumin, creatinine and osmolality were measured and the upper limit of normal (upper-limit) values determined. RESULTS: At D0-1 and D3-4, the upper-limit values for the total protein-to-creatinine ratio were 1431 and 1205 mg/g (162 and 136 g/mol) and those for the albumin-to-creatinine ratio were 746 and 301 mg/g (84 and 34 g/mol), respectively. The upper-limit values were significantly higher at D0-1 than at D3-4 only for the albumin-to-creatinine ratio. CONCLUSION: This study determined the upper limit of normal values for urinary total protein-to-creatinine and albumin-to-creatinine ratios in the largest population of newborns studied to date. These values can therefore be considered as the most clinically relevant data currently available for the detection and diagnosis of glomerular injury in daily clinical practice in this population.
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Keywords:
Albuminuria; Creatinine; Normal limits; Osmolality; Proteinuria; Term neonates
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