TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of a urine color scale for assessment of urine osmolality in healthy children
AU - Kavouras, Stavros A.
AU - Johnson, Evan C.
AU - Bougatsas, Dimitris
AU - Arnaoutis, Giannis
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.
AU - Perrier, Erica
AU - Klein, Alexis
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Spiridoula Tsipouridi for her technical support. The study was supported by a grant from Danone Research, Palaiseau, France.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, The Author(s).
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Aim: Urine color (UC) is a practical tool for hydration assessment. The technique has been validated in adults, but has not been tested in children. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to test the validity of the urine color scale in young, healthy boys and girls, as a marker of urine concentration, investigate its diagnostic ability of detecting hypohydration and examine the ability of children to self-assess UC. Methods: A total of 210 children participated (age: 8–14 years, body mass: 43.4 ± 12.6 kg, height: 1.49 ± 0.13 m, body fat: 25.2 ± 7.8 %). Data collection included: two single urine samples (first morning and before lunch) and 24-h sampling. Hydration status was assessed via urine osmolality (UOsmo) and UC via the eight-point color scale. Results: Mean UC was 3 ± 1 and UOsmo 686 ± 223 mmol kg−1. UC displayed a positive relationship as a predictor of UOsmo (R2: 0.45, P < 0.001). Based on the receiver operating curve, UC has good overall classification ability for the three samples (area under the curve 85–92 %), with good sensitivity (92–98 %) and specificity (55–68 %) for detecting hypohydration. The overall accuracy of the self-assessment of UC in the morning or the noon samples ranged from 67 to 78 %. Further threshold analysis indicated that the optimal self-assessed UC threshold for hypohydration was ≥4. Conclusions: The classical eight-point urine color scale is a valid method to assess hydration in children of age 8–14 years, either by researchers or self-assessment.
AB - Aim: Urine color (UC) is a practical tool for hydration assessment. The technique has been validated in adults, but has not been tested in children. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to test the validity of the urine color scale in young, healthy boys and girls, as a marker of urine concentration, investigate its diagnostic ability of detecting hypohydration and examine the ability of children to self-assess UC. Methods: A total of 210 children participated (age: 8–14 years, body mass: 43.4 ± 12.6 kg, height: 1.49 ± 0.13 m, body fat: 25.2 ± 7.8 %). Data collection included: two single urine samples (first morning and before lunch) and 24-h sampling. Hydration status was assessed via urine osmolality (UOsmo) and UC via the eight-point color scale. Results: Mean UC was 3 ± 1 and UOsmo 686 ± 223 mmol kg−1. UC displayed a positive relationship as a predictor of UOsmo (R2: 0.45, P < 0.001). Based on the receiver operating curve, UC has good overall classification ability for the three samples (area under the curve 85–92 %), with good sensitivity (92–98 %) and specificity (55–68 %) for detecting hypohydration. The overall accuracy of the self-assessment of UC in the morning or the noon samples ranged from 67 to 78 %. Further threshold analysis indicated that the optimal self-assessed UC threshold for hypohydration was ≥4. Conclusions: The classical eight-point urine color scale is a valid method to assess hydration in children of age 8–14 years, either by researchers or self-assessment.
KW - Children
KW - Dehydration
KW - Hydration assessment
KW - Hydration status
KW - Hypohydration markers
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U2 - 10.1007/s00394-015-0905-2
DO - 10.1007/s00394-015-0905-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 25905541
AN - SCOPUS:84928316681
SN - 1436-6207
VL - 55
SP - 907
EP - 915
JO - Zeitschrift fur Ernahrungswissenschaft
JF - Zeitschrift fur Ernahrungswissenschaft
IS - 3
ER -