title: Age- and sex-related reference ranges for eight plasma constituents derived from randomly selected adults in a Scottish new town.
abstract: The results of analysis of blood specimens from randomly selected adults aged 19-88 years in the new town of Cumbernauld were used to establish age- and sex-related reference ranges by the centile method (central 95%) for plasma calcium, phosphate, total protein, albumin, globulins, urea, creatinine, and urate. The possible existence of a subpopulation with a higher reference range for urea is mooted.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood; D012016:Reference Values; D012606:Scotland; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D012712:Serum Globulins / Q000032:analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood*; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D004573:Electrolytes; D010710:Phosphates; D012709:Serum Albumin; D012712:Serum Globulins; D014527:Uric Acid; D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine; D002118:Calcium