Investigation on reference intervals of commonly used liver and renal function test items among healthy preschool and school-aged children in Chongqing
Objectives:To establish the reference intervals of commonly used liver and renal function test items among healthy preschool and school-aged children in Chongqing and to provide better references for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Methods:The stratified randomized cluster sampling method was used to select 545 healthy preschool(1-6 years old) and school-aged(7-12 years old)children(male:320,female:225). Thirteen commonly used liver and renal function test items in venous blood were detected by the HITACHI 7600;data were analyzed by statistical method. Normal distribution data were used to calculate the reference intervals ac-cording to x±1.96 s and skewness distribution data were used to calculate the reference intervals according to P2.5-P97.5. Results:(1)The population means of liver and renal function test items between healthy preschool and school-aged children in Chongqing were significantly different except the blood urea nitrogen(BUN) item. (2)The population means of total bilirubin(TB),direct bilirubin(DB),total protein(TP),albumin(ALB),alanine aminotransferase(ALT),aspertate aminotransferase(AST),alkaline phosphatase(ALP),gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase(GGT),lactate dehy-drogenase(LDH),BUN,creatinine(CREA) and uric acid(UA) showed no significant difference except blood glucose(GLU) between dif-ferent genders among preschool children. The 95% reference intervals of serum TB,DB,TP,ALB,ALT,AST,ALP,GGT,LDH,BUN,CREA and UA were 5.4-18.9 μmol/L,0-6.7 μmol/L,58-71 g/L,42-50 g/L,8.7-26 U/L,21-41 U/L,112-312 U/L,7.1-15.8 U/L,190-312 U/L,2.3-6.4 μmol/L,14-42 μmol/L,156-366 μmol/L respectively. The 95% reference intervals of serum GLU based on gender were 3.7-6.0 mmol/L for male and 3.4~5.8 mmol/L for female. (3)The population means of Glu,TB,DB,TP,ALB,AST,ALP,LDH,CREA and UA showed no significant difference between different genders among school-aged children except ALT,GGT and BUN. The 95% reference intervals of GLU,TB,DB,TP,ALB,AST,ALP,LDH,CREA and UA were 4.2-6.0 mmol/L,6.6-23.6 μmol/L,0-6.8 μmol/L,60-76 g/L,43-52 g/L,18-36 U/L,116~366 U/L,162-293 U/L,22-51 μmol/L,174-401 μmol/L respectively. The 95% reference intervals based on gender were established as ALT:8.9-28 U/L for male,7.2-29.5 U/L for female;GGT:8.8-21 U/L for male,6.1-22.5 U/L for female;BUN:2.8-7.0 μmol/L for male,2.2-6.2 μmol/L for female. Conclusion:The reference intervals of thirteen commonly used liver and renal function test items are established by Hitachi 7600 system among healthy preschool and school-aged children in Chongqing;it can provide accurate experimental basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment in children.