Sources of variation of commonly measured serum analytes in 6 Asian cities and consideration of common reference intervals

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 356-365

  Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^a,g   Itoh, Yoshihisa ^b   Lam, Christopher W K ^c   Poon, Priscilla M K ^c   Kim, Jeong Ho ^d   Kyono, Hiroshi ^e   Chandrawening, Naning ^f   Muliaty, Dewi ^f  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^e Yuan Ching Clinical Laboratory   (Taiwan)

^f Prodia Clinical Laboratory   (Indonesia)

^g YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; URATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIA; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 39749191276     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.091843     Document Type: Article

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