Urine albumin/creatinine ratio — lab reference
In the reference guideA1 <30; A2 30-300; A3 >300. Persistence ≥3 months matters for CKD classification.
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What’s searchable?A1 <30; A2 30-300; A3 >300. Persistence ≥3 months matters for CKD classification.
Ask your clinician to use laboratory and indication-specific thresholds; consider timed collection when needed.
Calculated and context-dependent. Not a stand-alone diagnostic marker.
Calculated; interpret component values.
Muscle mass, age, diet, medications, and assay matter. Ask your clinician to review with eGFR, not alone.
Dipstick is albumin-biased. Ask your clinician to confirm persistent findings with quantitative ratio.
Inflammation, hydration, liver synthesis, renal loss, and nutrition affect result.
Approximate risk strata are sex-specific and assay-dependent.
Spot urine is useful mainly for populations; individual status requires careful collection and interpretation.
Color and clarity are nonspecific; review medications, hydration, and sediment.
Diet, infection, medications, and specimen age affect result.
Renal threshold, SGLT2 inhibitors, pregnancy, and hyperglycemia matter.
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