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Richard Wang, D.O. Organic Analytical Toxicology Branch
Division of Laboratory Sciences National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Use and Misuse of Metal Chelation Therapy
ACMT Conference, February 2012
“Normal” vs. “Clinically Relevant Abnormal”
Laboratory Test Results
National Center for Environmental Health Division of Laboratory Sciences
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Environmental Health Laboratory * National Center for Environmental Health
At the forefront of efforts to assess people’s exposure to environmental chemicals by using advanced laboratory science and innovative techniques.
Measuring chemicals directly in people’s blood or urine is a process known as BIOMONITORING.
Biomonitoring measurements --- most health-relevant assessments of exposure; measure the total amount of the chemical that actually gets into people from all environmental sources (e.g., air, soil, water, dust, or food).
*Division of Laboratory Sciences
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Outline
What are reference values and interval?
Why are reference values important?
What type of reference values are available?
What factors to consider when developing reference values and intervals?
What factors to consider when interpreting laboratory values?
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What are reference values and interval?
Reference values and interval are to provide comparison data for the interpretation of a person’s laboratory results.
Reference values and interval have replaced “normal” values and interval because the latter term is ambiguous.
Conventional reference values and interval
International Federation of Clinical Chemistry
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Conventional reference values and interval
International Federation of Clinical Chemistry
95% 2.5% 2.5%
Upper reference limit Lower reference limit
Reference interval
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Why are reference values important?
Reference values can be used in medicine and epidemiology to assist in the diagnosis and prevention of disease.
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What types of reference values are available?
Population-based reference values Locally agreed upon clinical action levels Expert panel determinations Values based on health outcomes and risks Multiples of the upper reference limit Prior values from the same individual
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What factors should be considered when developing reference values?
Pre-analytical
Analytical
Post-analytical
Biological variation
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National Report on Human
Exposure to Environmental
Chemicals
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
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National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
Metals • Antimony, arsenic • Barium, beryllium • Cadmium, cesium, cobalt • Lead • Mercury, molybdenum • Platinum • Thallium, tungsten • Uranium
Pesticides • Carbamate insecticides • Fungicides, herbicides • Organochlorine pesticides • Organophosphorus insecticides • Pyrethroid pesticides
Acrylamide, Cotinine / NNAL, DEET Disinfectant by-products Environmental phenols PCBs/PCDDs/PCDFs/PBDEs Perchlorate, perfluorochemicals Phthalates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Volatile organic compounds
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National Report on Biochemical
Indicators of Diet and Nutrition
http://www.cdc.gov/nutritionreport/
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National Report on Biochemical Indicators of Diet and Nutrition
Water-soluble vitamins & metabolites • Folate, vitamin B12 • Homocysteine, methylmalonic acid
Iron-status indicators
Trace elements • Iodine, selenium
Fat-soluble vitamins & nutrients • Vitamin A, vitamin E, carotenoids • Vitamin D
Phytoestrogens
http://www.cdc.gov/nutritionreport/
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U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys)
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NHANES Only nationally representative survey
that collects biological samples • Conducted by the National Center for
Health Statistics, CDC
• Designed to collect information about the health status, health-related behavior, and nutrition of the U.S. population
• Unique in that it combines a home interview with health tests that are done in a Mobile Examination Center
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Stage 4 SPs
Stage 1 Counties
Stage 2 Segments
Stage 3 Households
NHANES Cross-sectional nationally representative survey
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• Civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States • Ages 2 months and older for selected analytes • Residents of all 50 states and DC • 5,000 persons examined each year at 15 locations • Survey design determines which populations are over-sampled
NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys)
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NHANES Information available
• Demographic: Age, sex, race/ethnicity
• Socio-economic: Education, income, profession
• Life-style: Smoking, exercise, supplement use
• Dietary: 24-h recall, food frequency questionnaire
• Health condition: Diseases (e.g., diabetes, CAD, cancer)
• Anthropometric: Height, weight, BMI, skin fold
• Laboratory: Hematology, clinical chemistry, nutritional indices, environmental chemicals, infectious disease markers
• Physical examination: BP, hearing/eye/dental, bone densitometry, muscle strength, balance, skin disease, cognitive testing, cardio-respiratory fitness, peripheral vascular disease, peripheral neuropathy
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NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys)
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Continuous NHANES survey started in 1999
• Survey is run continuously in two-year survey cycles • Each cycle (2 years) is a representative sample of the U.S.
population • No more “breaks” between surveys to develop and implement
new analytical methods, survey components, or to conduct data analyses
• Over 200 environmental and nutritional analytes reported by several environmental health laboratories at CDC
• Banking of biological samples (e.g., serum, plasma, urine, WBCs) for future research
NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys)
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National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
Table. Total blood mercury
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
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http://www.cdc.gov/nutritionreport/
National Report on Biochemical Indicators of Diet and Nutrition Table. Urinary iodine
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What factors should be considered when interpreting laboratory values?
Endogenous Age, sex, genetics (inherent to the individual)
Exogenous Diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol, medications
Laboratory Analytical method, storage and transport of sample,
collection of sample
Mathematical method used to report results
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Conventional reference values and intervals
Fraser CG. Biological Variation. AACC Press, 2001.
Subj
ects
Laboratory value
Lower reference limit
Upper reference limit
Subj
ects
Laboratory value
Lower reference limit
Upper reference limit
Healthy population
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Conventional reference values and intervals
Fraser CG. Biological Variation. AACC Press, 2001.
Subj
ects
Laboratory value
Lower reference limit
Upper reference limit
Subj
ects
Laboratory value
Lower reference limit
Upper reference limit
Diseased population
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Individuality and reference values
Intra-individual and inter-individual variations can significantly differ for certain laboratory results.
Individuality can affect the use of reference values for laboratory tests and the interpretation of laboratory results.
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Individuality
Biological variation of cystatin C and creatinine. Reinhard M, Erlandsen EJ, Randers E. Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2009;69(8):8316.
Figure. Mean and range values for serum creatinine in healthy subjects.
Females (open circles) and males (filled circles).
The dotted lines mark the upper limits of the population –based reference interval of creatinine for females (90 umol/L) and for males (105 umol/L).
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Individuality
Gowans EM, Fraser CG. Biological variation of serum and urine creatinine and creatinine clearance: ramifications for interpretation of results and patient care. Ann Clin Biochem. 1988 May;25 ( Pt 3):259-63.
Figure. Means and non-parametric ranges for serum creatinine.
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Individuality
Gowans EM, Fraser CG. Biological variation of serum and urine creatinine and creatinine clearance: ramifications for interpretation of results and patient care. Ann Clin Biochem. 1988 May;25 ( Pt 3):259-63.
Table. Means and non-parametric ranges for serum creatinine from healthy volunteers.
Group (n) Mean CV i (%) CV g (%) Index of individuality *
All (15) 77.9 4.1 14.1 0.29 Women (8) 71.4 4.9 11.8 0.41 Men (7) 83.9 3.4 6.8 0.54
• Index of individuality = CV i / CV g
• CV = (Σ d 2 / 2n)1/2
Serum creatinine (umol/L)
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Individuality
Index of individuality (II)
= (CVa2 + CVi
2) ½ / CVg
where CVa, CVi, and CVg are analytical, within-subject, and between-subject coefficients of variations, respectively
= CV i / CV g (simplified)
Reinhard M, Erlandsen EJ, Randers E. Biological variation of cystatin C and creatinine. Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2009;69(8):831-6.
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Index of
Individuality
Lacher DA, Hughes JP, Carroll MD. Biological variation of laboratory analytes based on the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Natl Health Stat Report. 2010 Mar 1;(21):1-7.
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Individuality and reference values
Index of Individuality (II) = CV i / CV g
Low II (<0.6) = marked individuality
High II (>1.4) = little individuality Useful for conventional reference values
Thus, consider the individual variability of the laboratory test when using reference values
Fraser CG. Biological Variation. AACC Press, 2001.
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Individuality and reference values Stratification
Gowans EM, Fraser CG. Biological variation of serum and urine creatinine and creatinine clearance: ramifications for interpretation of results and patient care. Ann Clin Biochem. 1988 May;25 ( Pt 3):259-63.
Table. Means and coefficient variations for urine creatinine from healthy volunteers.
Group (n) Mean CV i (%) CV g (%) Index of individuality *
All (15) 10.7 13.0 28.2 0.46 Women (8) 8.0 15.7 11.0 1.42 Men (7) 13.9 11.0 6.0 1.83
• Index of individuality = CV i / CV g
• CV = (Σ d 2 / 2n)1/2
Urine creatinine (mmol/day)
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Monitoring changes in serial results for an individual
Compare with clinical fixed criteria or cutoffs Locally agreed upon clinical action levels Expert panel determinations Values based on health outcomes and risks Multiples of the upper reference limit
Reference change values (RCV) =1.414 x Z x (CVa
2 + CVi2) ½
Fraser CG. Biological Variation. AACC Press, 2001.
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“Normal” vs. “Clinically Relevant Abnormal” Laboratory Test Results
Conclusions Reference value and interval are preferred
terminology to “normal”
Laboratory values are affected by pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical factors
Biological variations can affect the applicability of reference values and intervals to individual results
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