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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Validation of a method for analyzing urinary Cystatin C and analysis of ULSAM-77 urine samples

Härmä, Johan January 2012 (has links)
Objective New biomarkers for acute kidney injury are needed and urinary Cystatin C is one alternative. The objective was to validate a urinary Cystatin C method on Mindray BS-380 comparing urine samples from the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men (ULSAM-77) and urine samples from a reference group for Cystatin C. A visual control for a relationship between Cystatin C and C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) respectively was made. Methods Precision, linearity, recovery, interference, and stability of the urine cystatin C method were investigated. Comparisons were made between ULSAM-77 samples and a reference group samples consisting of ordinary people. Results The highest total imprecision was 10.24 % for the sample with the lowest concentration. The second lowest concentration had 4.21 % total variation coefficient. The linearity equation was y = 0.99x – 0.01 with an R2-value of 0.99. The recovery for all concentrations was always 91 % or more. No interference from hemoglobin at a concentration of 10 g/L was found. The samples were stable at +5°C for seven days. The median for the samples from ULSAM-77 was 0.09 mg/L and the median for the reference samples was 0.06 mg/L. There was no obvious relationship between Cystatin C and CRP/IL-6 from ULSAM-77. Conclusion   Reliable data of urinary Cystatin C can be analyzed on a Mindray BS-380. The level of urinary Cystatin C was higher for people age 77 than for those with a median age of 49. There was no correlation between the concentration of Cystatin C in urine and the levels of CRP and IL-6.

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