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Reference Values for Some Renal Function Parameters for Adult Population in North-Rift Valley, Kenya

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A population based, cross-sectional study was carried out at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in collaboration with the Regional Blood Transfusion Center, North Rift. 367 participants (211 males and 156 females) were involved in the renal function reference range establishment. Reference ranges were constructed using non-parametric methods to estimate 2.5 and 97.5 percentiles of distribution as lower and upper reference limits, respectively. Results showed significant sex and age specific reference values in some of the established renal function parameters. North Rift Kenyan population clinical chemistry reference ranges differ from the American values commonly used in Kenyan Hospitals. The renal function reference values established in this study some of which are sex and age specific can be adopted for the North Rift Kenyan population.

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Acknowledgments

Many thanks to the Regional Blood Bank donors-North rift who agreed to participate in this study, the Blood Bank staff who obtained consent, collected and screened samples from participants. We are grateful to the management of AMPATH Laboratory Department through the Laboratory Manager, Mr Wilfred Emonyi, for all the support including the use of their facilities for analytical work, the technical assistance from all the staffs in Modular Laboratory. This study was financially supported by the United States National Institute of Health (Division of AIDS) through Dr. Abraham Siika and Aids clinical trials group at AMPATH center.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

    Alice Atieno Juma, Joseph Jeremiah Ngari Ngeranwa & Eliud Nyaga Mwaniki Njagi

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Juma, A.A., Ngeranwa, J.J.N. & Njagi, E.N.M. Reference Values for Some Renal Function Parameters for Adult Population in North-Rift Valley, Kenya. Ind J Clin Biochem 27, 40–45 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-011-0177-4

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