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High sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) reference intervals in the elderly
1Laboratoire de biologie clinique, Centre de Médecine Préventive, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
|February 8, 2002
Abstract:
High sensitivity C-reactive protein is a useful marker in clinical practice; however, reference intervals are not available for all age groups. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine reference intervals for elderly people. The non-parametric reference limits were calculated for the two genders, subdivided into two age classes (50-64 and 65-91 years). In our selected sample population, we did not observe significant gender differences.