Table 7.
Biochemical reference intervals (RI) for lithium-heparinized plasma from 59 clinically healthy adult Southern giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei)
| Descriptive statisticsa | RI with 90% CI | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyte | Unit | Mean | Median | SD | Range | RI | Lower Limit | Upper Limit | Distribution | |
| Sodium | mmol/L | 144 | 143 | 3 | 137 to 150 | 138 to 150 | 137 to 140 | 149 to 150 | NG | |
| Potassium | mmol/L | 4.9 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 4.0 to 5.9 | 4.1 to 5.8 | 4.0 to 4.2 | 5.6 to 5.9 | NG | |
| 4.1 to 5.8 | 3.9 to 4.2 | 5.6 to 6.0 | Trans-G | |||||||
| Sodium:potassium | 30 | 30 | 3 | 24 to 36 | 25 to 36 | 24 to 26 | 34 to 36 | NG | ||
| Chloride | mmol/L | 98 | 98 | 2 | 92 to 104 | 93 to 104 | 92 to 95 | 102 to 104 | NG | |
| Bicarbonate | mmol/L | 31 | 31 | 2 | 27 to 37 | 27 to 37 | 27 to 28 | 34 to 37 | NG | |
| Anion gap | mmol/L | 19 | 19 | 3 | 9 to 26 | 11 to 25 | 9 to 15 | 23 to 26 | NG | |
| Urea nitrogen | mmol/L | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 3.6 to 11.8 | 4.3 to 11.4 | 3.6 to 5.0 | 10.0 to 11.8 | NG | |
| 4.3 to 11.1 | 3.6 to 5.0 | 10.7 to 11.8 | G | |||||||
| Creatinine | umol/L | 35.4 | 35.4 | 8.8 | 17.7 to 61.9 | 17.7 to 53.0 | 17.7 to 26.5 | 44.2 to 61.9 | NG | |
| Calcium | mmol/L | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 to 2.9 | 2.6 to 2.9 | 2.6 to 2.6 | 2.9 to 2.9 | NG | |
| 2.6 to 2.9 | 2.6 to 2.6 | 2.9 to 2.9 | G | |||||||
| Phosphate | mmol/L | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 to 1.9 | 0.8 to 1.9 | 0.7 to 0.8 | 1.7 to 1.9 | NG | |
| Magnesium | mmol/L | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 to 0.7 | 0.5 to 0.7 | 0.5 to 0.5 | 0.7 to 0.7 | NG | |
| Total protein | g/L | 72 | 71 | 6 | 62 to 89 | 62 to 87 | 62 to 64 | 83 to 90 | NG | |
| 62 to 87 | 61 to 64 | 83 to 92 | Trans-G | |||||||
| Albumin | g/L | 28 | 29 | 3 | 22 to 34 | 22 to 34 | 22 to 24 | 33 to 34 | NG | |
| 22 to 34 | 22 to 24 | 33 to 35 | G | |||||||
| Globulins | g/L | 44 | 40 | 8 | 31 to 65 | 32 to 64 | 31 to 35 | 58 to 65 | NG | |
| Albumin:globulins | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 to 1.0 | 0.4 to 1.0 | 0.4 to 0.4 | 0.9 to 1.0 | NG | ||
| Glucose | mmol/L | 8.3 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 6.1 to 11.7 | 5.7 to 11.7 | 5.6 to 5.9 | 11.4 to 11.7 | NG | |
| 5.5 to 12.2 | 5.2 to 5.9 | 11.2 to 13.2 | Trans-G | |||||||
| ALT | IU/L | 21 | 19 | 10 | 11 to 68 | 12 to 58 | 11 to 13 | 38 to 68 | NG | |
| AST | IU/L | 24 | 22 | 9 | 11 to 53 | 12 to 52 | 11 to 15 | 40 to 53 | NG | |
| GGT | IU/L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 to 5 | 1 to 5 | 1 to 1 | 4 to 5 | NG | |
| ALP | IU/L | 94 | 91 | 30 | 48 to 171 | 49 to 164 | 48 to 58 | 142 to 171 | NG | |
| Total bilirubin | umol/L | 0.7 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 to 13.7 | 0 to 13.7 | 0 to 0 | 1.7 to 13.7 | NG | |
| Direct bilirubin | umol/L | 0.2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 to 1.7 | 0 to 1.7 | 0 to 0 | 1.7 to 1.7 | NG | |
| Indirect bilirubin | umol/L | 0.5 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 to 13.7 | 0 to 13.7 | 0 to 0 | 1.7 to 13.7 | NG | |
| Creatine kinase | IU/L | 352 | 331 | 93 | 228 to 657 | 231 to 607 | 228 to 238 | 518 to 657 | NG | |
| Iron | umol/L | 31.9 | 31.3 | 9.1 | 14.1 to 64.3 | 15.0 to 57.6 | 14.1 to 20.6 | 47.6 to 64.3 | NG | |
| Total iron-binding capacity | umol/L | 68.7 | 68.0 | 10.4 | 48.0 to 93.6 | 48.0 to 89.5 | 44.2 to 51.9 | 85.7 to 93.4 | G | |
| 49.8 to 90.9 | 46.0 to 52.8 | 86.3 to 95.2 | Trans-G | |||||||
| Saturation | % | 46 | 44 | 11 | 22 to 84 | 24 to 78 | 22 to 33 | 64 to 84 | NG | |
| Amylase | IU/L | 786 | 770 | 148 | 458 to 1097 | 512 to 1096 | 458 to 585 | 1023 to 1097 | NG | |
| 488 to 1084 | 439 to 547 | 1028 to 1142 | G | |||||||
| Lipase | IU/L | 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 to 22 | 8 to 25 | 7 to 8 | 17 to 27 | NG | |
| 8 to 21 | 7 to 8 | 18 to 25 | Trans-G | |||||||
| Cholesterol | mmol/L | 3.2 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 to 5.5 | 1.8 to 5.3 | 1.8 to 2.1 | 4.7 to 5.5 | NG | |
| 1.9 to 5.1 | 1.8 to 2.1 | 4.7 to 5.6 | Trans-G | |||||||
| Triglycerides | mmol/L | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 to 2.7 | 0.5 to 2.4 | 0.5 to 0.6 | 1.8 to 2.7 | NG | |
| Nonesterified fatty acids | mmol/L | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.11 to 0.49 | 0.12 to 0.48 | 0.11 to 0.14 | 0.43 to 0.49 | NG | |
| 0.12 to 0.47 | 0.10 to 0.14 | 0.42 to 0.53 | Trans-G | |||||||
G, Gaussian; NG, nonGaussian; Trans-G, Gaussian after Box–Cox transformation.
Data were obtained by using automated biochemical analyzers.
a
Data were nontransformed.