title: Evaluation of the Urine Protein/Creatinine Ratio Measured with the Dipsticks Clinitek Atlas PRO 12.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Screening for urine proteins is recommended for the detection of albuminuria in high risk groups. The aim of this study was to compare the Clinitek Atlas PRO12 reagent urine strip with quantitative methods for the determination of protein/creatinine ratio and to evaluate the usefulness of the semi-quantitative Clinitek Atlas PRO12 reagent urine strip as a tool in the early detection of albuminuria among the general population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six hundred first morning urine specimens were collected from outpatients with various clinical conditions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that the test data for the urine dipstick Clinitek Atlas PRO12 show good agreement with the quantitative measurement of protein, creatinine and protein/creatinine ratio. In addition, this study shows that 97.2% of the samples which gave "normal" protein/creatinine ratios by the semi-quantitative method, showed albumin/creatinine ratio < 30 mg/g by the quantitative methods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results show that Clinitek Atlas PRO12 reagent strips can be used for the purposes of albuminuria screening in the general population.
authors.forename: Fernando J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Hermida
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.forename: Alfonso J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Benitez
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011934:Reagent Strips
chemical_list: D011934:Reagent Strips; D003404:Creatinine