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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Biodemography Soc Biol. 2015;61(1):111–120. doi: 10.1080/19485565.2014.1001886

Table 1.

C-reactive protein (CRP) pre-test schedule for the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) and the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI)

IFLS LASI
Day 1 Inspection of general laboratory working environment, equipment, and reagents and other supplies. Sample preparation for the next day.
Day 2 Measured CRP levels on 20 IFLS study samples Measured CRP levels on 22 validation samples and 5 additional samples from local volunteers
Day 3 Measured CRP levels on 32 IFLS study samples and 5 validation samples Measured CRP levels on 20 validation samples and 5 samples from the same local volunteers
Day 4 Measured CRP levels on 27 IFLS study samples and 10 validation samples Measured CRP levels on 7 validation samples and 4 samples from the same local volunteers
Day 5 Review of pre-test results with local laboratory personnel and plan for subsequent quality control during testing of study samples