The relationship between repeated measurement of casual and 24-h urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio in patients with chronic kidney disease

J Hum Hypertens. 2019 Apr;33(4):286-297. doi: 10.1038/s41371-018-0127-1. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

Abstract

This study aimed to clarify the relationship between repeated measurements of casual (spot) and 24-h urinary sodium-to-potassium (Na/K) ratios in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). A total of 61 inpatients with CKD, 31 in stage 1-3 (eGFR [estimated glomerular filtration rate] ≥ 30 ml/min/1.73 m2) and 30 in stage 4-5 (eGFR < 30 ml/min/1.73 m2), aged 20-85 consuming a low-sodium diet (NaCl [sodium chloride] 6 g/day) were recruited. Urinary Na, K, and Na/K ratios were measured in both casual urine samples and 2-day, 24 h urine samples, and then analyzed by correlation and Bland-Altman analyses. Mean 24-h urine Na/K ratio was higher in participants in stage 4-5 (5.1) than in participants in stage 1-3 (4.1) CKD. Casual urine Na/K ratio was strongly correlated with 2-day, 24-h urine Na/K ratio by sampling 4 casual urine specimens every morning and evening in participants in stage 1-3 (r = 0.69-0.78), but not in stage 4-5 (r = 0.12-0.19). The bias for mean Na/K ratio between 2-day, 24-h urine, and the 4 casual urine sampling ranged from -0.86 to 0.16 in participants in stage 1-3, and the quality of agreement for the mean of this casual urine sampling was similar to that of sampling 8 casual urine samples for estimating 2-day, 24-h values. Methods using repeated casual urine Na/K ratios may provide a reasonable estimation of 24-h urine Na/K ratio in normotensive and hypertensive as well as individuals with stage 1-3, but not stage 4-5 CKD.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biomarkers / urine
  • Female
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate*
  • Health Status
  • Humans
  • Kidney / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Potassium / urine*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / physiopathology
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / urine*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sodium / urine*
  • Time Factors
  • Urinalysis
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Sodium
  • Potassium