| dc.description.abstract | Abstract - This study was aimed to determine the
reference interval values for selected clinical
chemistry parameters: Full Blood Count, ESR, TSH,
blood sugars, liver function test, lipid profile test,
and renal profile test using selected healthy adult
population of Colombo city, Sri Lanka. Data was
collected from March 2019 - October 2019 using a
selected total of 991 healthy adults (656 males and
335 females) population in the Nawaloka Hospital
laboratory database. Descriptive statistics were
used to calculate mean, median, 2.5th – 97.5th
percentiles range, 95% CI, maximum, and minimum
using Minitab 17.3,1 software. Data were
statistically analyzed using the paired sample T-test
and one-way ANOVA to see the association between
age and gender. There was a significant difference
(p<0.05) between gender and the levels of
eosinophil, basophils, haemoglobin, PCV, MCHC,
RBC, MCH, MCV, platelet count, specific gravity,
TSH, ESR, Albumin, Globulin, Bilirubin, ALT, GGT,
AST, Triglyceride, HDL, Total HDL ratio, VLDL, Urea,
Creatine, Uric acid Calcium and Phosphorus.
Further, there was a significant difference in the
values of WBC, Hemoglobin, PCV, RBC, MCH, MCV,
platelet count, TSH and ESR, ALT, total cholesterol,
triglycerides, HDL, LDL, Total HDL ratio, VLDL,
Chloride, Creatine, Phosphorus, FBS and PPBS
(p<0.05) according to the age groups.
Keywords: reference interval, biochemical
investigation, liver function test | en_US |
