<prompt> Micro-albuminuria refemsto20-200 mgd200-500 mgd30-300 mgd300-500 mgd  <response>: 30-300 mgd 249-H 1077-8-CMDT-09272, 1533, 1792-H17th Currently, ultrasensitive dipsticks are available to measure microalbuminuria 30 to 300 mgd, an early marker of glomerular disease that has been shown to predict glomerular injury in early diabetic nephropathy 249-H Normal subjects excrete less than 15 mgmin during overnight urine collections; values of 20 mgmin during or higher are considered to represent abnormal microalbuminuria. In the early morning spot urine, a ratio of albumin mgL to creatinine mgL of 30 mgmg creatinine is normal and a ratio of 30-300 mgmg creatinine suggests abnormal microalbuminuria. Increased microalbuminuria correlates with increased levels of blood pressure and increased LDL cholesterol, and this may explain why increased proteinuria in diabetic patients is associated with an increase in cardiovascular deaths even in the absence of renal failure 1186-CMDT-05 