RT Journal Article
A1 Harris, Emily
T1 Even Low Levels of Albumin in Urine Tied to Worsened Kidney Disease
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2024
DO 10.1001/jama.2024.5925
VO 331
IS 18
SP 1526
OP 1526
SN 0098-7484
AB For decades, researchers characterized normal albuminuria as a urine albumin-creatinine ratio of less than 30 mg/g. That has led some clinicians to believe that patients with lower ratios don’t need additional treatment. But a new study in Annals of Internal Medicine challenges that assumption by showing that even low levels of albuminuria are a risk factor for kidney failure in people with chronic kidney disease.People with urine albumin-creatinine ratios of 15 mg/g or more had about a 5% to 6% greater absolute risk of kidney failure than those who had ratios of 5 to less than 15 mg/g and of 0 to 5 mg/g, respectively. The findings are based on data from more than 1600 participants across 7 US centers.
RD 5/20/2024
UL https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.5925