Statistical issues with the determination of the troponin 99th percentile – Not just a problem for troponin?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 1105-1106

  Hickman, Peter E ^a,b   Koerbin, Gus ^c   Saenger, Amy K ^d   Kavsak, Peter A ^e  

^a ACT Pathology   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c eHealth New South Wales   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

99th percentile; Cardiac troponin; Guidelines; Reference intervals; Statistics

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

AGE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; BLOOD; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; TROPONIN;

EID: 84991782433     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2016.09.013     Document Type: Editorial

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