Clinical importance of borderline proteinuria in nonazotemic cats

Borderline proteinuria is associated with decreased survival in cats with azotemic chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study aimed to determine the clinical importance of borderline proteinuria in non-azotemic cats. A total of 201 healthy client-owned cats ≥7 years of age; 150 nonproteinuric (urinary protein : creatinine ratio [UPC] <0.2) and 51 borderline proteinuric (UPC 0.2-0.4) were prospectively enrolled. Cats were thoroughly screened and subsequently examined every 6 months for 2 years. Significantly more cats with borderline proteinuria at inclusion developed renal disease (International Renal Interest Society [IRIS] ≥ stage 2 CKD or renal proteinuria; log-rank P = .004) or died (log-rank P ...

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