IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy924HealthcareUSAGE OF PROTEIN/CREATININE RATIO IN SPOT URINE SPECIMEN FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF PRE-ECLAMPSIA ChoudharyJayaDepartmentAbhilasha Bansal913This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic usage of spot urine protein-creatinine (P/C) ratio for quantification of proteinuria for predicting pre-eclampsia. Methods: A spot mid stream urine sample were collected for estimation of P/C ratio and the 24- hour urine sample for protein estimation was collected. The correlation between the spot P/C ratio and 24-hour urine proteinuria was done. Logistic regression analyses have been used to analyse data. Results: The spot P/C ratio and 24-hour urine protein excretion have well correlated (pearson__ampersandsignrsquo;s correlation coefficient r = 0.70; P __ampersandsignlt; 0.0001). Conclusion: Spot urine P/C ratio is an easy, rapid and useful test for assessment of proteinuria for diagnosis of pre-eclampsia.

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