Sentence examples for below the reference range from inspiring English sources
Lymphocyte counts that are below the reference range, which varies for adults and children, may be indicative of lymphocytopenia (lymphopenia), whereas those above it are a sign of lymphocytosis.
In this study, we excluded patients with laboratory results indicative of secondary hyperparathyroidism (parathyroid hormone concentrations above the reference range in conjunction with 25-hydroxycholecalciferol levels below the reference range) from our analyses.
To further investigate whether a low serum sodium (below the reference range for normal of 135 145 mmol/L) might be linked to a higher incidence of cramping, we performed additional analyses.
In addition, two patients in the lithium group and one patient in the non-lithium group were excluded due to suspected secondary hyperparathyroidism (parathyroid hormone concentrations above the reference range in conjunction with 25-hydroxycholecalciferol levels below the reference range).
In our study, whether patients were grouped according to HbA1c or FPG levels, the APTT values in the diabetic, high-risk diabetic or IFG groups were significantly shorter than in the normal groups, and APTT values below the reference range (APTT <22 s) were more frequent.
The F ratio was 0.446, which is below the reference range described above.
However, none of the articles report values below the reference ranges used here.
For vitamin B1 (152 ± 7.2 nmol/l), vitamin B12 (725.5 ± 35.4 pg/ml), and vitamin B6 (50.3 ± 5.5 ng/ml), there were three, two and 23 patients below the reference ranges respectively.
There is a degree of consensus that elderly men with serum testosterone clearly below the reference ranges and persistent clear clinical signs of hypogonadism may justifiably be treated (98, 99), but there remains a large degree of dissent.
* Boldface indicates results below or above the reference range.
Relative costs were similar among patients with baseline total calcium below and within the reference range.
