May 1, 2017The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
Creation of a Universal Sample Bank for Determining the 99th Percentile for Cardiac Troponin Assays
Population
808 apparently healthy individuals, 402 females and 406 males; 60% Caucasian, 26% African or African…
Design
Cross-sectional
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Implication
Context:* Level 4, observational/cross-sectional.
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Population
808 apparently healthy individuals (free from uncontrolled diabetes, renal insufficiency, and heart disease), 402 females and 406 males; 60% Caucasian, 26% African or African American, 11% Asian or Pacific Islander, and 3% other.
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Intervention
Creation of a universal sample bank (blood collection for serum, heparin plasma, and EDTA).
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Outcome
Creation of a universal sample bank for determining the 99th percentile for cardiac troponin assays.
The creation of a universal sample bank from 808 healthy individuals provides a standardized resource for manufacturers to consistently determine the 99th percentile for cardiac troponin assays.
Cite This Study
Wu et al. (2017) studied this question.