Population-based pediatric reference intervals in general clinical chemistry: A Swedish survey

Abstract

Very few high quality studies on pediatric reference intervals for general clinical chemistry and hematology analytes have been performed. Three recent prospective community-based projects utilising blood samples from healthy children in Sweden, Denmark and Canada have substantially improved the situation. The Swedish survey included 701 healthy children. Reference intervals for general clinical chemistry and hematology were defined.

Keywords

• biomarker
• children
• clinical chemistry tests
• pediatric
• reference interval
• reference range