Annual laboratory checkup: early signs of health problems in young and middle-age adults.
The objective of this descriptive study was to review the usefulness and relevance of the present parameters provided in an annual laboratory health checkup program. Three hundred sixty-four volunteers were randomly selected, composed of 141 males and 223 females age 15 to 81 years old. Samples from all the volunteers were analyzed for CBC, FBG, BUN, Cr, uric acid, Chol, HDLc, Tg, AST, ALT, ALP, UA and stool examination. More than half the young adults (67.7%, 63 of 93) had abnormal laboratory results. This was higher than in the middle-age group (56.8%, 154 of 271).
Charuruks
Navapun
N
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Milintagas
Anna
A
Watanaboonyoungcharoen
Phandee
P
Kalayanachati
Atchara
A
Nuchprayoon
Surang
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012307:Risk Factors; D013785:Thailand