Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1997 Dec;14(2):430-442.

Differences in Clinical Laboratory Data between the Elderly and the Young Adults

• Lee KA
• Lee KM
• Jung SP
• Bae SW

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, gamma GTP, ALP, BUN, total cholesterol were significantly higher in the elderly than in the controls. And lymphocyte count(%), total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, total protein, albumin, T3 were significantly lower in the elderly than in the controls(P<0.05). Hemoglobin, Hct, platelet count, T4 were significantly lower only in the male elderly, and eosinophil count(%), creatinine were significantly higher only in the female elderly(P<0.05). HDLcholesterol was significantly higher only in the male elderly(P<0.01). There were no significant difference between two groups regarding WBCcount, segment neutrophil count(%), monocyte count(%), TSH. Many clinical laboratory data are different between the elderly and the young adults, and some clinical laboratory data also have sexual differences.

Keyword

clinical laboratory data; elderly; sexual difference

MeSH Terms

Aged*
Bilirubin
Cholesterol
Creatinine
Eosinophils
Female
Guanosine Triphosphate
Humans
Korea
Lymphocytes
Male
Monocytes
Neutrophils
Platelet Count
Young Adult*
Bilirubin
Cholesterol
Creatinine
Guanosine Triphosphate