Biological Variations of Some Analytes in Renal Posttransplant Patients: A Different Way to Assess Routine Parameters

OZTURK O. G., PAYDAŞ S., BALAL M., SAHIN G., KARACOR E. D. Z., ARIYUREK S. Y., ...More

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS, vol.27, no.6, pp.438-443, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/jcla.21625
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.438-443
  • Keywords: analytical variation, index of individuality, intra-individual BV, reference change value, renal transplantation, DISEASE, VALUES
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BackgroundBiological variation (BV) data of analytes have been used to evaluate the significant changes in serial results (reference change value, RCV) of healthy individuals in clinical laboratories. However, BV data of healthy subjects may not be identical to the analytes of patients with ongoing clinical condition. The aim of this study was to calculate intra-(CVw) (coefficient of variation for intra-individual BV) and inter-individual (CVg) BV, index of individuality, and RCV of nine serum analytes of renal posttransplant patients.