Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
- Volume 14 Issue 2
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- Pages.430-442
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- 1997
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- 2799-8010(eISSN)
Differences in Clinical Laboratory Data between the Elderly and the Young Adults
노인군과 청장년군 간의 정상 검사치의 비교 분석
- Lee, Kun-A (Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
- Lee, Keun-Mi (Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
- Jung, Seung-Pil (Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
- Bae, Seong-Wook (Department of Health Screening and Diagnosis Center, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
- Published : 1997.12.30
Abstract
Due to the lowering of biological functions resulted from old age, the elderly is known to have many different clinical laboratory data compared with the young adults. But, in korea, such study is lacking. This research is to find the differences between the elderly and the young adults, and also to know the sexual differences, by comparing the outcomes of the clinical. laboratory data. Along with that, it is to help clinical usage of the data in the future. The age of the elderly was between 60 and 83(average age 63.8), and that of the young. controls was between 20 and 35. In both sexes, MCV, MCH, ESR, CRP, AST, ALT,
노인의 정상 검사치를 청장년층의 정상 검사치와 비교하고 성별 차이를 파악하며 검사치를 노인병 진료에서 임상적 활용이 가능한 자료로 사용할 목적으로 본 연구를 실시하였다. 영남의료원 종합검진센터에서 검진을 받았던 사람 중 만 60세 이상이며 검진 결과 건강하다고 판정된 617명의 피검자를 노인군으로 선정하였고, 동일한 시기 및 장소에서 검진을 받고 정상으로 판정된 20세이상 35세 이하의 피검자 1,791명을 청장년군으로 선정하였다. 평균 연령은 노인군은 63.8세(60세 - 83세)였고 대조군은 31.1세였다. 대조군에 비해 평균적혈구용적, 평균적혈구혈색소량, 적혈구침강속도, C-반응성 단백, AST,ALT,