Correlation between Microalbuminuria Checked by RIA & Micral-Test® / 영남의대학술지

ABSTRACT

It is evident that an elevation of airway albumin excreation rate without clinical proteinuria strongly predicts a later progression on diabetic renal disease. So we studied the correlation between Microalbumin checkly RIA & Micral-Test®. We collected urine between 0800 h and 0800 h next day and then checked microalbuminuria by radioimmunoassay method and Micral-Test® The results are as follows 1. There was significant correlation between microalbuminuria checked by RIA & Micral-Test® 2. There was poor correlation between diabetes duration or HV-A1c and maximal change in albumin excreation rate. 3. So we concluded that Micral-Test® can be used in laboratory instead of RIA.