Factors influencing the estimation of the albumin excretion rate in subjects with diabetes mellitus

Table 4: No. of participants whose estimated AER (left-hand column) and actual AER (top row for each model) agreed within a selected interval, according to 4 different models
Simple albumin-creatinine ratio
AER, µg per minute < 15 15-30 30-70 70-200 > 200 Total % agreement
<15 717 54 5 0 0 776 92
15-30 50 59 60 3 0 172 34
30-70 10 18 54 34 0 116 47
70-200 2 1 19 55 22 99 56
>200 0 0 1 9 113 123 92
Total 779 132 139 101 135 1286  
% agreement92 45 39 54 84   78
Fitted albumin-creatinine ratio
AER, µg per minute < 15 15-30 30-70 70-200 > 200 Total % agreement
<15 717 54 5 0 0 776 92
15-30 50 62 62 4 0 178 35
30-70 11 15 55 37 0 118 47
70-200 1 1 17 53 32 104 51
> 200 0 0 0 7 103 110 94
Total 779 132 139 101 135 1286  
% agreement 92 47 40 52 76   77
Fitted with albumin and creatinine
AER, µg per minute <15 15-30 30-70 70-200 > 200 Total % agreement
< 15 735 51 4 0 0 790 93
15-30 34 64 58 4 0 160 40
30-70 10 17 66 36 0 129 51
70-200 0 0 10 51 25 86 59
> 200 0 0 1 10 110 121 91
Total 779 132 139 101 135 1286  
% agreement 94 48 47 50 81   80
Complete fitted
AER, µg per minute < 15 15-30 30-70 70-200 > 200 Total % agreement
< 15 744 39 1 0 0 784 95
15-30 27 76 47 0 0 150 51
30-70 8 17 84 35 0 144 58
70-200 0 0 7 53 23 83 64
> 200 0 0 0 13 112 125 90
Total 779 132 139 101 135 1286  
% agreement 96 58 60 52 83   83

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