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. 1980 Apr;33(4):380–385. doi: 10.1136/jcp.33.4.380

Age- and sex-related reference ranges for eight plasma constituents derived from randomly selected adults in a Scottish new town.

M D Gardner, R Scott
PMCID: PMC1146084  PMID: 7400337

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.

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