| CPC G01N 33/6893 (2013.01) [G01N 2333/4728 (2013.01); G01N 2333/765 (2013.01); G01N 2333/79 (2013.01); G01N 2333/8125 (2013.01); G01N 2800/347 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. A method of diagnosis of a chronic kidney disease (CKD) or glomerulopathy in a subject, comprising the following steps:
(a) determination of the level of at least three or four or five protein markers selected from the group consisting of serum albumin (ALB), alpha-1-antitrypsin (serpina1), alpha-1-acid glycoprotein 1 (ORM1), serotransferrin (TF) and trefoil factor 1 (TFF), wherein said markers also comprise the non-full-length fragments thereof, in a urine sample from said subject, and
(b) assigning a probability of the subject having or being at a risk of chronic kidney disease or glomerulopathy or not having nor being at a risk thereof based on the results of the assay of step (a), wherein this involves estimating a probability of the subject having or being at a risk of chronic kidney disease or glomerulopathy or not having nor being at a risk thereof based on the level of each of the marker levels determined in (a), the probability being estimated based on the levels of each of the markers as determined in subjects known to suffer from a glomerulopathy or a chronic kidney disease; and determining the probability of the subject, providing the urine sample tested in step (a), having or being at a risk of a glomerulopathy or a chronic kidney disease or not having nor being at a risk thereof as a product of the corresponding probabilities obtained from each marker,
wherein the probability of the subject having or being at a risk of chronic kidney disease or glomerulopathy is assigned in step (b) using the following formula:
![]() wherein E=17.204550857965−5.75799550569336*10−10*x1−9.37976121221068* 10−9*x2+1.32966288022553*10−8*x3+2.5638225555611*10−8*x4+4.03113433888467*10−7*x5, wherein x1 is the determined level for serum albumin (ALB); x2 is the determined level for alpha-1-antitrypsin (serpina1); x3 is the determined level for alpha-1-acid glycoprotein 1 (ORM1); x4 is the determined level for serotransferrin (TF); and x5 is the determined level for Trefoil factor 1 (TFF1).
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