Diagnostic performance of an albuminuria point-of-care test in screening for chronic kidney disease among young people living with HIV in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The main aim was to determine the diagnostic performance of an albuminuria point-of-care test (POC) for diagnosis of chronic kidney disease among young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) in Uganda.

Design

We conducted a cross-sectional study comparing the diagnostic performance of MicroalbuPHAN (Erba Lachema, Czech Republic), an albuminuria POC test against the laboratory-measured albumin and creatinine as the reference standard.

Setting

The study was set in seven HIV clinics in Kampala, Uganda that provide antiretroviral therapy to adults and children living with HIV. The study took place from April to August 2023.

Participants

497 YPLHIV aged 10-24 years who were diagnosed with HIV before 10 years of age were randomly selected from the HIV clinics. Pr

SUBMITTER: Nasuuna EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11331864 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature