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Kidney and electrolytes

Urine albumin (UACR) test

Also called microalbumin, urine microalbumin, ACR

Small amounts of protein (albumin) leaking into urine.

Typical range
Below 30 mg/g.
Usual recheck
About 3 months when out of range

Why it's done

The earliest sign of kidney damage from diabetes or high blood pressure. Yearly with diabetes.

What a high result can mean

30–300 mg/g is moderately raised; above 300 is severely raised. Treatment can slow kidney damage.

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Included in these checkups

Diabetes care

More kidney and electrolytes tests

Kidney function test (KFT)Creatinine, urea or BUN, uric acid, eGFR and usually electrolytes. CreatinineA waste product from muscles, cleared by the kidneys. eGFRAn estimate of how much blood your kidneys filter each minute, worked out from… UreaA waste product from protein breakdown, cleared by the kidneys. BUNThe nitrogen part of urea (urea ≈ BUN × 2.14). Uric acidA waste product from purines in food and cells.