Nationwide multicenter study aimed at the establishment of common reference intervals for standardized clinical laboratory tests in Japan

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1663-1672

  Yamamoto, Yoshikazu ^a   Hosogaya, Shigemi ^b   Osawa, Susumu ^c   Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^d   Onuma, Toshimitsu ^e   Saito, Atsushi ^f   Banba, Kouji ^g   Araki, Hideo ^h   Nagamine, Yasunori ⁱ   Shinohara, Katsuyuki ^j   Okada, Gen ^k   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^l   Oguri, Takashi ^m   Gonaikawa, Satoko ⁿ   Iwagami, Miyuki ^o  

^a TENRI HEALTH CARE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Tokyo Saiseikai Mukoujima Hospital   (Japan)

^f IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

^k ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperative for Health and Welfare   (Japan)

ⁿ SAITAMA SOCIAL INSURANCE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^o Tatebayashi Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

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Author keywords

common reference intervals; core laboratories certified for metrological traceability; nationwide multicenter study; nested ANOVA; standardization

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IRON; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORE LABORATORY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882964745     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0413     Document Type: Article

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