Determination of reference intervals for common chemistry and immunoassay tests for Kenyan adults based on an internationally harmonized protocol and up-to-date statistical methods

• Geoffrey Omuse ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: g_omuse@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya, Division of Chemical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3866-5118

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• Kiyoshi Ichihara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan

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• Daniel Maina,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Mariza Hoffman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Chemical Pathology, Pathcare, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Elizabeth Kagotho,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Alice Kanyua,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Jane Mwangi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Pathcare, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Caroline Wambua,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Pathcare, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Angela Amayo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Peter Ojwang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya

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• Zul Premji,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Formerly of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Rajiv Erasmus

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Chemical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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