A multicenter nationwide reference intervals study for common biochemical analytes in Turkey using Abbott analyzers

ÖZARDA Y., Ichihara K., ASLAN D., AYBEK H., ARI Z., TANELİ F., ...More

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE, vol.52, no.12, pp.1823-1833, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1515/cclm-2014-0228
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1823-1833
  • Keywords: biochemical parameters, common reference intervals, multicenter study, regional differences, Turkey, APPROVED RECOMMENDATION 1987, HIGH-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEINS, ELEVATED HEPATIC LIPASE, REFERENCE VALUES, WORLDWIDE MULTICENTER, SERUM CREATININE, POPULATION
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: A nationwide multicenter study was organized to establish reference intervals (RIs) in the Turkish population for 25 commonly tested biochemical analytes and to explore sources of variation in reference values, including regionality.