Biological variation and reference change values of common clinical chemistry and haematologic laboratory analytes in the elderly population

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 851-862

  Pineda Tenor, Daniel ^a,b   Laserna Mendieta, Emilio José ^a   Timón Zapata, Jesús ^a   Rodelgo Jiménez, Laura ^a   Ramos Corral, Raquel ^a   Recio Montealegre, Antonio ^a   Reus, Manuel Gómez Serranillos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b Analytical Quality Commission of the AEBM (Asociaci On Espanola de Biopatologia Medica)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological variation; Critical difference; Elderly; Index of individuality; Reference change value

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882271758     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0701     Document Type: Article

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