Abstract：
OBJECTIVES:To compare the analysis of urinary albumin from diabetic patients by four conventional immunoassays including radioimmunoassay (RIA), immunonephelometry (IN), and two different methods of immunoturbidimetry (IT), as well as by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). DESIGN AND METHODS:Urines were collected over a 24-h period and stored at -20 degrees C until assay. Urinary albumin concentration was determined by an in-house RIA, by IN using a Beckman Array Analyser with reagents from Beckman Diagnostics (Sydney, Australia), by IT using a Dade-Behring Turbitimer with reagents from Dade-Behring (Marburg, Germany), by IT using a Dade-Behring Dimension R x L Chemistry Analyser with reagents from DiaSorin (Stillwater, OK, USA), and by HPLC using a Zorbax Bio series preparative GF-250 column. Regression lines were calculated using a least squares method to determine the correlation between the assays studied. Bland-Altman bias plots including limits of agreement were also calculated. RESULTS:The correlation coefficients calculated were high (>0.85) indicating a strong linear relationship between all assays studied. The slopes calculated for the comparisons demonstrate that each assay can vary from one another (up to threefold) and have a slope significantly different from an ideal slope of 1 (P < 0.001). These results were confirmed by Bland-Altman bias plots and calculation of the limits of agreement that were all large. CONCLUSIONS:At this time, there is no global standard by which urinary albumin assays may be standardized. This study suggests the need for such standards.
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Clin Biochemjournal_title
Clinical biochemistryauthors
Comper WD,Jerums G,Osicka TMdoi
10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2003.10.008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-02-01 00:00:00pages
105-11issue
2eissn
0009-9120issn
1873-2933pii
S0009912003001723journal_volume
37pub_type
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