Laboratory reference intervals in the assessment of iron status in young children

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作者
Parkin, Patricia C. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Hamid, Jemila [6 ]
Borkhoff, Cornelia M. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Abdullah, Kawsari [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Atenafu, Eshetu G. [7 ]
Birken, Catherine S. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Maguire, Jonathon L. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ,8 ]
Azad, Azar [9 ,10 ]
Higgins, Victoria [11 ]
Adeli, Khosrow [10 ,11 ]
机构
[1] Hosp Sick Children, Div Pediat Med, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] Hosp Sick Children, Pediat Outcomes Res Team PORT, Toronto, ON, Canada
[3] Univ Toronto, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Toronto, ON, Canada
[4] Hosp Sick Children, Child Hlth Evaluat Sci, Res Inst, Toronto, ON, Canada
[5] Univ Toronto, Inst Hlth Policy Management & Evaluat, Clin Epidemiol & Hlth Care Res, Toronto, ON, Canada
[6] St Michaels Hosp, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Inst, Toronto, ON, Canada
[7] Univ Hlth Network, Princess Margaret Canc Ctr, Biostat Dept, Toronto, ON, Canada
[8] St Michaels Hosp, Dept Pediat, Toronto, ON, Canada
[9] Mt Sinai Hosp, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, Toronto, ON, Canada
[10] Univ Toronto, Fac Med, Dept Lab Med & Pathobiol, Toronto, ON, Canada
[11] Hosp Sick Children, Dept Pediat Lab Med, CALIPER Program, Toronto, ON, Canada
关键词
reference intervals; decision limits; iron deficiency; haemoglobin; serum ferritin;
D O I
10.1136/bmjpo-2017-000074
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
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100202 ;
摘要
Objectives The primary objective was to establish reference intervals for laboratory tests used to assess iron status in young children using the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. A secondary objective was to compare the lower limit of the reference interval with the currently recommended cut-off value for haemoglobin and serum ferritin in children 1-3 years of age. Methods Blood samples were obtained from healthy children recruited during scheduled health supervision visits with their primary care physician. For our primary objective, outliers were removed; age partitions were selected and analysis of variance and pairwise comparisons were made between adjacent partitions; reference intervals and 90% CIs were calculated. For our secondary objective, we determined the proportion of children misclassified using the lower limit reference interval compared with the cut-off value. Results Samples from 2305 male and 2029 female participants (10 days to 10.6 years) were used to calculate age and sex-specific reference intervals for laboratory tests of iron status. There were statistically significant differences between adjacent age partitions for most analytes. Approximately 10% of children 1-3 years of age were misclassified (underestimated) using the lower limit of the reference intervals rather than the currently recommended cut-off values for haemoglobin and serum ferritin. Implications and relevance Clinical laboratories may consider adopting published paediatric reference intervals. Reference intervals may misclassify (underestimate) children with iron deficiency as compared with currently recommended cut-off values. Future research on decision limits derived from clinical studies of outcomes is a priority.
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