Biomarkers · Urine Biomarkers

Proteinuria (Dipstick)

Lower values go with lower risk of death. No risk curve catalogued yet.

Published risk of death2.74×4+ dipstick proteinuria vs negative (graded HRs trace to 4+: 1.22, 1.47, 1.81, 2.32, 2.74) (95% CI 2.54–2.96) · Korean National Health Insurance health examinees 2005-2008, 17,342,956 adults (mean age 46.06), nationwide population-based cohort

Sources

Kwon et al. Dipstick proteinuria predicts all-cause mortality in general population: A study of 17 million Korean adults. PloS one. 2018;13:e0199913.

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