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What Does My Urinalysis Report Suggest?

What does am EPI 1-5 mean? Here are the results
Lab:     Urinalysis, manual, with micro
Name          Value          Reference Range
Color          yellow          
Clarity          clear          
pH          5          
Spec. GR          1.020          
Blood          neg          
Bili          neg          
Urobili          neg          
Ketones          neg          
Protein          neg          
Nitrite          neg          
Glucose          neg          
Leuco          neg          
Result:     1-5 epi
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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EPI means epithelial cells which are cells shed from lining of urinary tract. This is a normal process and hence the urine analysis is nothing to worry about.
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What Does My Urinalysis Report Suggest?

Hi EPI means epithelial cells which are cells shed from lining of urinary tract. This is a normal process and hence the urine analysis is nothing to worry about.