This is a nice editorial review of the place of dipstick proteinuria in evaluation of CV risk in CKD. Article PubMed Google Scholar Özyilmaz A, Bakker SJ, de Zeeuw D, de Jong PE, Gansevoort RT, PREVEND Study
The mean serum creatinine level was 4.1 mg/dl, with a range of 1.8 to 10.6 mg/dl, while urine microscopy revealed sterile pyuria in 4 of 6 patients (2 with leukocyte casts) and only 1 patient had dipstick positive proteinuria (Table 3). As noted in Table 4, five of 6 patients had ...