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What A/G Ratio Can Tell You About Your Health
The A/G ratio is a blood test that measures levels of albumin and globulin, the two main proteins in your blood. A high albumin to globulin (A/G) ratio may indicate kidney disease, an antibody ...
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What Your Kidney Function Test Results Mean
Higher may be a sign of kidney disease. A urine albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) measures both a protein called albumin and your creatinine, with the focus on the ratio between them. Albumin in ...
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Chronic Kidney Disease: What Is It and How Can I Avoid It?
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects approximately 15% of U.S. adults and as many as 9 in 10 with CKD are unaware they have ...
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Serum AGP Predicts UACR With an L-Shaped Association
The following is a summary of “L-shaped correlation between serum alpha-1-acid glycoprotein concentration and urinary albumin creatinine ratio in females: a cross-sectional survey,” published in the ...
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Fenofibrate and Renal Disease
Clin Lipidology. 2013;8(6):669-680. ACR: Albumin:creatinine ratio; CVD: Cardiovascular disease; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate (measured in mls/min/1.73 m 2 of body surface area); HDL ...
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Updated CKD Guidelines Promote Cystatin C, Risk Equations, and SGLT2 Inhibitors
"Using patient's sex, age, uACR [urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio], and eGFR, the Kidney Failure Risk Equation provides 2- and 5-year estimates of the probability of kidney failure requiring KRT ...