Dataset: targetvalues {reflimR}

Dataset: target values

Description

Test names (analytes), units and reference limits from a textbook.

Usage

targetvalues

Format

A data frame with 8 rows and 6 columns:

analyte

short name of the analyte

unit

measuring unit

ll.female, ul.female

lower and upper reference limits for women

ll.male, ul.male

lower and upper reference limits for men

Details

The table was created from the data in the textbook (web version 2023, https://www.clinical-laboratory-diagnostics.com). Missing data (i.e. the lower limits for ALT, AST and GGT) were supplemented from the product sheets of the respective tests.

Source

Thomas L. Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, 2023

Examples

targetvalues[, 1 : 4]
reflim(livertests$ALB[livertests$Sex == "m"],
main = targetvalues[1, 1], xlab = targetvalues[1, 2],
targets = targetvalues[1, 5 : 6])