Research Article

Reference Intervals of Spot Urine Creatinine-to-Osmolality Ratio as a Surrogate of Urinary Creatinine Excretion Rate

Table 2

Laboratory data ().

(range)

Blood biochemistry
 Urea nitrogen, mg/dL (2-57)
 Creatinine, mg/dL (0.38-7.46)
 MDRD eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m2 (7.4-206.9)
 Albumin, g/dL (3.5-5.5)
 GOT, IU/L (7-120)
 GPT, IU/L (5-116)
 Total bilirubin, mg/dL (0.1-2.0)
 Uric acid, mg/dL (0.4-11.0)
 CPK, IU/L (21-1488)
 Glucose, mg/dL (47-526)
 Osmolality, mOsm/kg (270-299)
 Na, meq/L (135-144)
 K, meq/L (3.5-5.5)
 Ca, mg/dL (8.0-11.3)
 P, mg/dL (1.6-6.6)
Urine profile
 Creatinine, mg/dL (5-641)
 Osmolality, mOsm/kg (59-1292)
 sUCr/Osm (0.02-0.90)
 UACR, mg/g (0.61-13333)

Abbreviations: CPK: creatine phosphokinase; GOT: glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; GPT: glutamic pyruvic transaminase; MDRD eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate derived with Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study equation; SD: standard deviation; sUCr/Osm: spot urine creatinine-to-osmolality ratio; UACR: urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio. To convert albumin to g/L, multiply by 10; Ca to mmol/L, 0.25; creatinine to μmol/L, 88.4; glucose to mmol/L, 0.0555; P to mmol/L, 0.323; total bilirubin to μmol/L, 17.1; urea nitrogen to mmol/L, 0.357; and uric acid to mmol/L, 0.059.