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Table 1 Original distributions of creatinine and urea in the PRINCE data and the LIS data

From: Comparison of reference distributions acquired by direct and indirect sampling techniques: exemplified with the Pediatric Reference Interval in China (PRINCE) study

Age Group

PRINCE

Transferred PRINCE

LIS

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

Creatinine (μmol/L)

 1 to < 2 years

269

25.0

3.7

229

24.1

3.7

269

22.6

3.4

229

21.8

3.5

9137

25.27

6.48

6004

25.06

7.05

 2 to < 3 years

320

28.7

4.3

292

28.9

4.5

320

26.1

4.0

292

26.2

4.2

8431

27.34

7.02

5218

26.75

7.14

 3 to < 4 years

462

32.6

4.3

355

31.1

4.1

462

29.8

4.0

355

28.4

3.8

7783

29.79

7.57

5243

29.18

7.43

 4 to < 5 years

315

35.0

4.6

316

34.6

4.4

315

32.0

4.3

316

31.6

4.2

7102

31.85

7.59

4762

31.13

7.55

 5 to < 6 years

307

37.1

4.5

302

37.0

4.5

307

33.9

4.2

302

33.9

4.2

5856

33.57

7.97

3933

32.73

7.83

 6 to < 7 years

384

41.2

5.2

350

40.2

4.9

384

37.8

4.9

350

36.8

4.6

4847

37.18

8.10

3352

36.38

8.01

 7 to < 8 years

414

42.0

5.2

374

41.0

4.9

414

38.5

4.9

374

37.6

4.6

4590

38.94

8.60

3538

38.23

8.44

 8 to < 9 years

405

44.0

5.5

404

43.1

5.6

405

40.4

5.1

404

39.6

5.2

4769

40.98

9.35

3735

39.95

8.78

 9 to < 10 years

389

46.1

5.3

369

45.2

5.3

389

42.3

4.9

369

41.5

5.0

4115

41.82

9.35

3507

40.47

9.06

 10 to < 11 years

402

48.5

5.5

381

45.4

5.3

402

44.6

5.2

381

41.7

5.0

3568

43.74

9.60

2794

42.17

9.56

 11 to < 12 years

292

49.1

5.5

305

45.5

5.7

292

45.2

5.1

305

41.8

5.3

3419

46.25

9.72

2678

43.72

9.80

 12 to < 13 years

408

55.4

8.6

379

51.3

8.1

408

51.1

8.0

379

47.3

7.5

2718

49.18

11.24

2079

45.82

11.01

 13 to < 14 years

287

59.9

10.0

309

53.6

7.9

287

55.3

9.4

309

49.4

7.4

2418

53.81

13.06

1957

48.65

11.55

 14 to < 15 years

229

66.9

11.1

242

55.9

7.7

229

61.9

10.4

242

51.6

7.2

1503

57.31

12.61

1163

50.68

10.94

 15 to < 16 years

311

75.6

11.4

377

60.6

7.7

311

70.0

10.7

377

56.0

7.2

957

59.78

14.38

772

52.32

11.59

 16 to < 17 years

220

77.9

10.8

287

61.9

8.1

220

72.2

10.1

287

57.1

7.6

605

62.66

12.57

552

54.13

11.58

Urea (mmol/L)

 1 to < 17 years

5413

4.44

0.98

5250

4.10

0.94

5413

4.50

1.00

5250

4.15

0.96

71,486

4.35

1.33

50,935

4.15

1.32

  1. PRINCE Pediatric Reference Intervals in China, LIS Laboratory Information System, SD standard deviation