Research Article
PTH: Redefining Reference Ranges in a Healthy Population—The Role of Interfering Factors and the Type of Laboratory Assay
Table 1
Anthropometric characteristics of the enrolled population.
| | | All 108 (100%) | Females 53 (49.1%) | Males 55 (50.9%) |
| | Age (years), median (range) | 43.0 (18.0–68.0) | 43.0 (18.0–59.0) | 43.0 (20.0–68.0) | | BMI (kg/m2) median (range) | 24.1 (18.7–40.1) | 23.1 (18.7–35.0) | 25.3 (20.2–40.1) | | Weight (kg) median (range) | 72.0 (49.0–130.0) | 63.0 (49.0–94.0) | 80.0 (62.0–130.0) | | Height (cm) median (range) | 172.0 (150.0–192.0) | 165.0 (150.0–175.0) | 178.0 (160.0–192.0) | | Waist circumference (cm) median (range) | 85.5 (65.0–125.0) | 77.0 (65.0–112.0) | 90.0 (70.0–125.0) | | Hip circumference (cm) median (range) | 102.0 (86.0–130.0) | 100.0 (86.0–130.0) | 103.0 (93.0–120.0) | | Median systolic blood pressure (mmHg) (range) | 120.0 (95.0–185.0) | 120.0 (95.0–140.0) | 125.0 (100.0–185.0) | | Median diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) (range) | 80.0 (65.0–105.0) | 80.0 (65.0–95.0) | 80.0 (70.0–105.0) |
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