Measured proteinuria concentration | |||||
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Dilutions of urine sample | Expected proteinuria concentrations | Water as the diluent*† | Recovery of proteinuria as a % of expected | Saline as a diluent‡ | Recovery of proteinuria as a % of expected |
Undiluted | 0.335 g/L | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1:2 | 0.168 g/L | 0.242 g/L | 144% | 0.183 g/L | 109% |
1:3 | 0.112 g/L | 0.199 g/L | 178% | 0.140 g/L | 125% |
1:4 | 0.084 g/L | 0.183 g/L | 219% | 0.118 g/L | 141% |
1:5 | 0.067 g/L | 0.172 g/L | 257% | 0.106 g/L | 158% |