Albuminuria: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To describe the distribution of albuminuria among Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents, and assess its intergenerational concordance within parent-child dyads. DESIGN:Population-based cross-sectional study (the Child Health CheckPoint), nested within the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. SETTING:Assessment centres (seven Australian cities and eight regional towns) and home visits across Australia, February 2015 to March 2016. PARTICIPANTS:Of all participating CheckPoint families (n=1874), 1557 children (46.2% girls) and 1454 parents (85.5% mothers) provided random urine samples at the visit; samples from menstruating females were excluded. OUTCOME MEASURES:Urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) and its components (urine albumin and creatinine concentr

SUBMITTER: Larkins NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624040 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature