Associated kidney diseasePredominant abnormality on urinalysis
ACR or PCR (mg per g creatinine)RBCsRBC casts*WBCsWBC castsTubular cellsGranular casts
Cystic kidney diseasePCR 200 to 1,000+
Diabetic kidney disease, earlier stagesACR 30 to 300
Diabetic kidney disease, later stagesACR > 300 or PCR > 500 to 1,000
Hereditary nephritis or disease of small vessels (microangiopathy)PCR < 1,000+++
Hypertensive diseasePCR 200 to 1,000
Noninflammatory glomerular disease (minimal change disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, associated with neoplasm)PCR > 1,000
Proliferative glomerulonephritis (systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, infections) or hereditary nephritisPCR > 500++±±
Tubulointerstitial nephritisPCR 200 to 1,000±++