Abstract:Objective The authors aimed to explore methods to establish indirect reference intervals for PIVKA-II from hospital-stored data.Method 7623 patient specimens of the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University were collected. Indirect reference intervals were established based on the hospital-stored data with four different methods, including the Hoffmann method (HM), revised Hoffmann method (HMCDF), E-M algorithm-based method (EMBCT), and a recent estimator (KOSMIC). According to CLSI C28-A3 guidelines, 369 healthy sp… Show more
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