Urine creatinine test

Urine creatine (24-hour sample) values can range from 500 to 2000 mg/day. Results are highly dependent on your age and amount of lean body mass.

Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.

Abnormal results of urine creatinine are nonspecific, but may be due to any of the following conditions:

• Glomerulonephritis
• High meat diet
• Kidney failure
• Muscular dystrophy (late stage)
• Myasthenia gravis
• Prerenal azotemia
• Pyelonephritis
• Reduced kidney blood flow (as in shock or congestive heart failure)
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Urinary tract obstruction

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Creatinine urine test

Female urinary tract

Male urinary tract

Creatinine tests

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Review Date: 08/07/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)