Reference intervals (RIs) for biochemical and hematological markers determined using
healthy adult and/or pediatric populations are vital for clinical interpretation of laboratory test …

Background Accurate pediatric reference intervals (RIs) for laboratory tests determined in a
healthy pediatric population are essential for correct laboratory test interpretation and …

BACKGROUND Defining laboratory biomarker reference values in a healthy population and
understanding the fluctuations in biomarker concentrations throughout life and between …

Reference intervals (RIs) for common clinical laboratory tests are usually not developed
separately for different subpopulations. The aim of this study was to investigate racial/ethnic …

BACKGROUND In a collaboration between the Canadian Laboratory Initiative on Pediatric
Reference Intervals (CALIPER) and the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), we …

BACKGROUND Pediatric healthcare is critically dependent on the availability of accurate
and precise laboratory biomarkers of pediatric disease, and on the availability of reference …

BACKGROUND Biological covariates such as age and sex can markedly influence
biochemical marker reference values, but no comprehensive study has examined such …

Abstract Objectives The Pediatric Reference Intervals in China (PRINCE) was initiated to
establish the reference intervals (RIs) of Chinese children, as well as to make it possible to …

Clinical laboratory reference intervals provide valuable information to medical practitioners
in their interpretation of quantitative laboratory test results, and therefore are critical in the …

BACKGROUND Reference intervals are indispensable in evaluating laboratory test results;
however, appropriately partitioned pediatric reference values are not readily available. The …