Kidney Disease

Accumin HPLC may help detect early kidney disease, study shows

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 19th, 2004

A research study published in the February issue of Clinical Biochemistry suggests a need to establish a global standard for how urinary albumin is measured.

The study examined four immunoassays and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), the method used by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared Accumin Direct Total Intact Albumin Assay (HPLC).

The results found variations in each methodology examined. The authors suggest that the Accumin HPLC method may provide a global standard, citing previous research indicating HPLC detects microalbuminuria in urine earlier than other commonly used albumin assays.

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