REFERENCE INTERVALS FOR 21 CLINICAL-CHEMISTRY ANALYTES IN ARTERIAL AND VENOUS UMBILICAL-CORD BLOOD

Reference intervals were determined for 21 clinical chemistry analytes in umbilical cord arterial and venous blood from healthy term infants . Nonparametric analysis (rank number) was used to determine the centr al 95% reference interval. No significant differences were observed be tween male and female infants. Reference intervals for glucose, urea, creatinine, urate, phosphate, calcium, albumin, total protein, cholest erol, triglycerides, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, a spartate aminotransferase, creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, gam ma-glutamyltransferase, and magnesium all were significantly different from adult values.