title: Determination of creatinine in serum and urine by cation-exchange high-pressure liquid chromatography.
abstract: We describe an HPLC method for quantifying creatinine, separating the analyte from other compounds in serum and urine by cation-exchange chromatography and measuring its absorbance at 234 nm. The precision of the method (CV) varied from 2.9% (mean creatinine concentration, 31 mumol/L) to 1.7% (361 mumol/L) within a series of assays and from 3.9% (34 mumol/L) to 2.4% (391 mumol/L) between series. A comparison with the Jaffé method, as performed with a Technicon SMA analyzer, gave the regression line yHPLC = 1.00xJaffé - 12.0 (n = 141, r = 0.998, and Syx = 19). Results also are comparable with those of an enzymatic method, if the enzymatic method is standardized with a serum-based standard when serum samples are measured. An aqueous standard has to be used for enzymatic determination of creatinine in urine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harmoinen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sillanaukee
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jokela
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D012015:Reference Standards
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine