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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiol Res Int. 2014 Jan 1;2014(Article 499 861461):861461. doi: 10.1155/2014/861461

Table 5.

Mississippi Delta Cardiovascular Health Examination Survey specimen collection and processing.

Tube number Tube type Spin time
(minutes)		 Transfer Ship Ship
temperature		 Laboratory Test
1 SST Gold top
(5 mL)		 15 None Serum Ambient MPHL Lipid profile
2 EDTA Lavender top
(4 mL)		 15 Plasma to 1
transfer tube		 Plasma Cold LabCorp Homocysteine
3 and 4 EDTA Lavender top
(4 mL)		 No spin None Whole
blood		 Cold LabCorp Hemoglobin A1c;
complete blood
count
5 Red top
(10 mL)		 15 Serum to 2
transfer tubes		 Serum Cold LabCorp Insulin;
nicotine and
metabolite
6 SST red/gray top
(8.5 mL)		 15 None Serum Cold LabCorp Metabolic panel;
high sensitivity
CRP

CRP: C-reactive protein; MPHL: Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; SST: Serum Separator Tube.