Usefulness of the urinary microalbumin/creatinine ratio in predicting pregnancy-induced hypertension

T Nakamura; M Ito; T Yoshimura; K Mabe; H Okamura

doi:10.1016/0020-7292(92)90489-6

Usefulness of the urinary microalbumin/creatinine ratio in predicting pregnancy-induced hypertension

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1992 Feb;37(2):99-103. doi: 10.1016/0020-7292(92)90489-6.

Authors

T Nakamura¹, M Ito, T Yoshimura, K Mabe, H Okamura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.

PMID: 1348709
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(92)90489-6

Abstract

In 199 normotensive pregnant women at 20 and 30 weeks of gestation, a fasting urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (FU Alb/Cr) was evaluated to predict pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). FU Alb/Cr in patients destined to develop PIH was significantly high compared to that in normotensive women. When FU Alb/Cr of more than 16 was considered to represent a positive test result, the negative predictive value was 94% and 96%, respectively. FU Alb/Cr is a useful screening tool for PIH.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Albuminuria / diagnosis*
Creatinine / urine*
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Humans
Hypertension / epidemiology
Hypertension / urine*
Predictive Value of Tests
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / urine*
Radioimmunoassay

Substances

Creatinine