Reference Intervals (RIs) of the Bone Turnover Markers (BTMs) in Children and Adolescents: A Proposal for Effective Use
Concentrations for biomarker studied vary with age and gender. The proof of concentrations with insignificant changes until puberty led to identification of two groups of RI relating to the covariables (age and sex) for each biomarker.
Authors
- Maria Grano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-5899)
- Maria Felicia Faienza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1899-8337)
- Roberta Zerlotin
- Angela Pia Cazzolla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0842-7351)
- Roberto Lovero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7580-5733)
- Vincenzo Brescia
- Antonietta Fontana
- Silvia Colucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9970-3539)
- Francesca Di Serio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6089-1165)
- Vito Crincoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0236-0205)
Institutions
- University of Foggia (IT)
- Ospedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII (IT)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biomedicines
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines13010034
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.39