10 In its early phase, chronic glomerulonephritis is generally associated with urinary abnormality, including hematuria or proteinuria, in the context of normal renal function. ACR screening of ...

did not require renal replacement therapy at baseline, and had proteinuria assessed either by dipstick (n = 920,985) or by measurement of their albumin:creatinine ratio (ACR; n = 102,701).