Open AccessEstablishment of Reference Interval of Serum Prolactin in an Indian Population
Author(s) -
Kapil Deb Lahiri,
Mriganka Baruah,
Joya Ghosh,
Soumendyu Sengupta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8400.4599
Subject(s) - prolactin , physiology , population , reference range , confidence interval , reference values , medicine , statistical software , serum concentration , endocrinology , statistics , hormone , mathematics , environmental health
Reference data on serum prolactin levels based on a representative Indian sample are still lacking. The western normative laboratory values used for clinical diagnosis may not be applicable to Indian population. The objective of the study was to measure the serum prolactin levels in healthy Indian male and female in order to establish reference interval and to compare with the available reference intervals. It is a cross- sectional study done in West Bengal, India.