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Protein, Total, Random Urine with Creatinine
Test Code1715
CPT Codes
84156, 82570
Preferred Specimen
10 mL of a well-mixed unpreserved random urine submitted in a sterile plastic leak-proof container
Minimum Volume
2 mL
Other Acceptable Specimens
Unpreserved random urine submitted in Urinalysis Transport Tube (yellow-top, blue fill line, preservative tube)
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 4 days
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen: 30 days
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen: 30 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Acidified urine
Methodology
Colorimetric (C) • Spectrophotometry (SP)
Setup Schedule
Set up: Daily; Report available: 1-3 days
Reference Range
Protein, Total, Random Urine
Protein/Creatinine Ratio
Protein/Creatinine Ratio
Creatinine, Random Urine
| Male | 5-25 mg/dL | |
| Female | 5-24 mg/dL | |
Protein/Creatinine Ratio
| Male | 25-148 mg/g creat |
| Female | 24-184 mg/g creat |
Protein/Creatinine Ratio
| Male | 0.025-0.148 mg/mg creat | |
| Female | 0.024-0.184 mg/mg creat | |
Creatinine, Random Urine
| ≤6 Months | 2-28 mg/dL | |
| 7-11 Months | 2-31 mg/dL | |
| 1-2 Years | 2-110 mg/dL | |
| 3-8 Years | 2-130 mg/dL | |
| 9-12 Years | 2-160 mg/dL | |
| >12 Years Male | 20-320 mg/dL | |
| >12 Years Female | 20-275 mg/dL | |
Clinical Significance
Proteinuria is characteristic of renal disease and concentrations may be increased with diabetes, hypertension, nephritic syndrome, and drug nephrotoxicity.
Performing Laboratory
| Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute |
| 14225 Newbrook Drive |
| Chantilly, VA 20153 |
