Kidney Disease and Youth Onset Type 2 Diabetes: Considerations for the General Practitioner

Table 1

Definitions for albuminuria* [43].

	Albumin : Creatinine ratio (mg/mmol) [43]^¶	24 hour collection for albumin excretion (mg/day)
Normal	<2.0 (boys)	<30
	<2.8 (girls)
Microalbuminuria	2.0–20.0 (boys)	30–300
	2.8–28.0 (girls)
Macroalbuminuria	>20.0 (boys)	>300
	>28.0 (girls)

^¶Must be confirmed with either first morning urine sample or overnight urine collection.
*Persistent albuminuria defined as 2/3 positive samples over a 3–6 month period, samples must be at least 1 month apart.