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The albumin-creatinine ratio in early morning spot urine collected on awakening (before breakfast or exercise) is considered as a valid test for albumin excretion in urine. It is simple and inexpensive; it does not require a timed 24-hour collection of urine; and, most importantly, it gives a quantitative result that correlates well with 24-hour urine values over a wide range of protein excretion.
grid ratio a ratio comparing the height of lead lines in an x-ray grid to the distance between the lead strips. inspiratory-expiratory ratio the ratio of the inspiratory time to the expiratory time during the breathing cycle.ignal-to-noise ratio the ratio between the amplitude of a signal being measured and that of the noise. urea excretion ratio the ratio of the amount of urea in the urine excreted in one hour to the amount in 100 ml of blood. The normal ratio is 50.