THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NORMAL LIMITS FOR SERUM-PROTEINS MEASURED BY THE RATE NEPHELOMETER - CONCEPTS OF NORMALITY REVISITED
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NORMAL LIMITS FOR SERUM-PROTEINS MEASURED BY THE RATE NEPHELOMETER - CONCEPTS OF NORMALITY REVISITED
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DOI:
10.1016/s0046-8177(81)80258-4
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
PATIL, K
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作者:
HAPKE, M;PATIL, K
The distribution of nephelometrically determined data for human IgG, IgM, IgA, C3 [complement component 3] C4 and haptoglobin was studied in 2 geographically separate, healthy populations. Evaluation of these data by several tests of statistical normality revealed that the tests vary consideraby in power; i.e., data rejected as gaussian in other cases may be accepted. No rules determine which is the best test to apply in a given situation. The uncritical application of .hivin.X .+-. 2 SD for the reference range of clinical laboratory tests may be unreliable, which may not be obvious and may not provide clinically useful information in many cases. A large scale clincial investigation designed to empirically obtain limits of different laboratory tests with desired levels of specificity and sensivity for diferent disease states may prove rewarding and yield knowledge more useful for clinical purposes. Until such an investigation is carried out, determination of reference ranges by a nonparametric percentile estimate (2.5-97.5%), which makes no prior assumptions about the distribution of the data in the population, is recommended.