PMID- 28002028 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170731 LR - 20201216 IS - 1437-4331 (Electronic) IS - 1434-6621 (Linking) VI - 55 IP - 7 DP - 2017 Jun 27 TI - Within-day biological variation and hour-to-hour reference change values for hematological parameters. PG - 1013-1024 LID - 10.1515/cclm-2016-0716 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Middle- and long-term biological variation data for hematological parameters have been reported in the literature. Within-day 24-h variability profiles for hematological parameters are currently lacking. However, comprehensive hour-to-hour variability data are critical to detect diurnal cyclical rhythms, and to take into account the 'time of sample collection' as a possible determinant of natural fluctuation. In this study, we assessed 24-h variation profiles for 20 hematological parameters. METHODS: Blood samples were collected under standardized conditions from 24 subjects every hour for 24 h. At each measurement, 20 hematological parameters were determined in duplicate. Analytical variation (CVA), within-subject biological variation (CVI), between-subject biological variation (CVG), index of individuality (II), and reference change values (RCVs) were calculated. For the parameters with a diurnal rhythm, hour-to-hour RCVs were determined. RESULTS: All parameters showed higher CVG than CVI. Highest CVG was found for eosinophils (46.6%; 95% CI, 34.9%-70.1%) and the lowest value was mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) (3.2%; 95% CI, 2.4%-4.8%). CVI varied from 0.4% (95% CI, 0.32%-0.42%) to 20.9% (95% CI, 19.4%-22.6%) for red cell distribution width (RDW) and eosinophils, respectively. Six hematological parameters showed a diurnal rhythm. CONCLUSIONS: We present complete 24-h variability profiles for 20 hematological parameters. Hour-to-hour reference changes values may help to better discriminate between random fluctuations and true changes in parameters with rhythmic diurnal oscillations. FAU - Hilderink, Judith M AU - Hilderink JM AD - . FAU - Klinkenberg, Lieke J J AU - Klinkenberg LJJ AD - . FAU - Aakre, Kristin M AU - Aakre KM AD - . FAU - de Wit, Norbert C J AU - de Wit NCJ AD - . FAU - Henskens, Yvonne M C AU - Henskens YMC AD - . FAU - van der Linden, Noreen AU - van der Linden N AD - . FAU - Bekers, Otto AU - Bekers O AD - . FAU - Rennenberg, Roger J M W AU - Rennenberg RJMW AD - . FAU - Koopmans, Richard P AU - Koopmans RP AD - . FAU - Meex, Steven J R AU - Meex SJR AD - . LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Germany TA - Clin Chem Lab Med JT - Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine JID - 9806306 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - *Circadian Rhythm MH - Female MH - Hematologic Tests/*standards MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Posture MH - Reference Values MH - Specimen Handling/*methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - biological variation OT - diurnal rhythm OT - hematology OT - reference change value EDAT- 2016/12/22 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/02 06:00 CRDT- 2016/12/22 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/11/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/12/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/12/22 06:00 [entrez] AID - /j/cclm.ahead-of-print/cclm-2016-0716/cclm-2016-0716.xml [pii] AID - 10.1515/cclm-2016-0716 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Chem Lab Med. 2017 Jun 27;55(7):1013-1024. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0716.