The calculation of the cardiac troponin T 99th percentile of the reference population is affected by age, gender, and population selection: A multicenter study in Italy

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 438, Issue , 2015, Pages 376-381

  Franzini, Maria ^a,b   Lorenzoni, Valentina ^a   Masotti, Silvia ^a   Prontera, Concetta ^b   Chiappino, Dante ^b   Latta, Daniele Della ^b   Daves, Massimo ^c   Deluggi, Irene ^c   Zuin, Massimo ^d   Ferrigno, Luigina ^e   Mele, Alfonso ^e   Marcucci, Fabrizio ^f   Caserta, Carmelo A ^g   Surace, Pasquale ^g   Messineo, Arianna ^g   Turchetti, Giuseppe ^a   Passino, Claudio ^b   Emdin, Michele ^b   Clerico, Aldo ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Toscana G Monasterio   (Italy)

^c San Maurizio Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g Hepatology Association of Calabria   (Italy)

Author keywords

99th upper reference limit; Cardiac troponin T; Outlier calculation; Reference population

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TROPONIN T; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

99TH UPPER REFERENCE LIMIT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84908269149     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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