Determination of reference intervals for 13 plasma proteins based on IFCC international reference preparation (CRM470) and NCCLS proposed guideline (C28-P, 1992): A strategy for partitioning reference individuals with validation based on multivariate analysis

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-124

  Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^a   Kawai, Tadashi ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

confounding; interaction; multiple logistic regression; multiple regression; multivariate analysis; partitioning criterion; sex and age related differences; smoking

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CERULOPLASMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OROSOMUCOID; PREALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0031029452     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1997)11:2<117::AID-JCLA8>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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