Uric Acid/Creatinine Ratio, 24 Hour details
What Uric Acid/Creatinine Ratio, 24 Hour shows
This ratio is calculated by dividing the uric acid result by the creatinine result from the same 24-hour urine collection. Because creatinine is excreted at a fairly steady rate related to muscle mass, comparing uric acid with it helps adjust for differences in urine concentration and for how complete the collection was. It is used when looking into gout, kidney stones and how your body produces and removes uric acid. A higher ratio suggests relatively high uric acid excretion, and a lower ratio relatively low excretion. It is interpreted alongside the total 24-hour uric acid, blood uric acid and your diet.
Tests that include Uric Acid/Creatinine Ratio, 24 Hour
Urine uric acid may supplement serum uric acid testing when trying to identify conditions in which there is alteration of uric acid production or excretion, e.g., gout, leukemia, renal disease. The amount of uric acid excreted may be useful in treating asymptomatic hyperuricemia. Measurement of urine uric acid is important in the investigation of urolithiasis.
- Creatinine, 24 Hour Measures the total creatinine passed in a 24-hour urine collection, used to check the collection is complete and to calculate kidney function and other urine results.
- Uric Acid, 24 Hour Measures the total uric acid you pass in urine over 24 hours, used to look into kidney stones and how your body handles uric acid.
- Uric Acid/Creatinine Ratio, 24 Hour A ratio calculated from uric acid and creatinine in the same 24-hour urine collection, used to put uric acid excretion in context.
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