Lead/Creatinine Ratio details
What Lead/Creatinine Ratio shows
Lead is a toxic metal with no useful role in the body. Exposure can come from old lead paint and dust, contaminated soil or water, certain jobs and hobbies, and some imported products. This result is calculated by dividing the lead measured in a random urine sample by the urine creatinine in the same sample, which helps correct for how dilute or concentrated your urine is. It can help screen for recent exposure or excretion. A higher ratio suggests more lead is being excreted. However, blood lead is the preferred test for assessing exposure, and spot urine results vary, so results are interpreted alongside blood lead and your exposure history.
Tests that include Lead/Creatinine Ratio
This panel evaluates and monitors exposure to heavy metals and detoxification status.
- Arsenic/Creatinine Ratio A ratio of arsenic to creatinine in a single urine sample, used to look for recent arsenic exposure while correcting for how dilute your urine is.
- Creatinine, Random Measures creatinine in a random urine sample, mainly used as a reference to adjust other urine results for how concentrated or dilute the sample is.
- Lead/Creatinine Ratio Lead in a random urine sample expressed relative to creatinine, which corrects for urine concentration, used to look at lead excretion and possible exposure.
- Mercury/Creatinine Ratio A random urine mercury result adjusted for creatinine, used to assess exposure mainly to elemental and inorganic mercury while correcting for urine dilution.
This panel evaluates and monitors exposure to heavy metals and detoxification status.
- Arsenic/Creatinine Ratio A ratio of arsenic to creatinine in a single urine sample, used to look for recent arsenic exposure while correcting for how dilute your urine is.
- Creatinine, Random Measures creatinine in a random urine sample, mainly used as a reference to adjust other urine results for how concentrated or dilute the sample is.
- Lead/Creatinine Ratio Lead in a random urine sample expressed relative to creatinine, which corrects for urine concentration, used to look at lead excretion and possible exposure.
- Mercury/Creatinine Ratio A random urine mercury result adjusted for creatinine, used to assess exposure mainly to elemental and inorganic mercury while correcting for urine dilution.
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