Study Protocol - Accurate assessment of kidney function in Indigenous Australians: aims and methods of the eGFR Study

Louise J Maple-Brown; Paul D Lawton; Jaquelyne T Hughes; Suresh K Sharma; Graham RD Jones; Andrew G Ellis; Wendy Hoy; Alan Cass; Richard J MacIsaac; Ashim K Sinha; Mark AB Thomas; Leonard S Piers; Leigh C Ward; Katrina Drabsch; Sianna Panagiotopoulos; Robyn McDermott; Kevin Warr; Sajiv Cherian; Alex Brown; George Jerums; Kerin O'Dea

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-80

Table 1 Analysis of blood and urine samples

From: Study Protocol - Accurate assessment of kidney function in Indigenous Australians: aims and methods of the eGFR Study

	Instrument used at each Analysis site (with method specified for creatinine and HbA1c)
Test	Royal Darwin Hospital (& Gove, Katherine Hospitals)	Westerns Pathology Darwin (& Katherine)	Westerns Pathology Alice Springs	Alice Springs Hospital (& Tennant Creek Hospital)	Cairns Base Hospital	Royal Perth Hospital	PathWest, Perth	PathWest, Kalgoorlie	PathWest, Broome/Kununurra
Serum creatinine	Enzymatic, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Compensated Jaffe, Roche, Integra 800	Compensated Jaffe, Roche, Integra 400	Enzymatic, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Modified Jaffe reaction. Beckman-Coulter DXc600	Jaffe, Abbott, Architect	Jaffe, Abbott, Architect	Enzymatic, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, V250	Enzymatic, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, V250
HbA1c	Boronate Affinity, Primus	Immunoassay, Roche, Integra 800	Immunoassay, Roche Integra 400	Immunoassay, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Cation Exchange HPLC BioRad Variant II, Nu	Immunoassay, Roche Integra 800	Immunoassay, Roche Integra 800	Pathwest Perth	Pathwest Perth
Lipids	Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Roche, Integra 800	Roche, Integra 400	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Beckman-Coulter DXc600	Abbott, Architect	Abbott, Architect	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, V250	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, V250
Hs-CRP	Normal CRP only	Beckman Immage (Perth)	Beckman Immage (Perth)	Normal only	NA (routine CRP only)	Siemens, BNII	Royal Perth Hospital	Royal Perth Hospital	Royal Perth Hospital
Full blood count	Beckman-Coulter	Beckman-Coulter HmX	Beckman-Coulter MaxM	Beckman-Coulter Hmx or LH500	Sysmex XE5000	Abbott, Cell Dyne Saphire	Beckman-Coulter LH75	Beckman Coulter LH500	Beckman Coulter LH500
Liver function tests	Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Roche, Integra 800	Roche, Integra 400	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Beckman-Coulter DXc600	Abbott, Architect	Abbott, Architect	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, V250	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, V250
Urine creatinine	Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Roche, Integra 800	Roche Integra 800 (Perth)	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Beckman-Coulter DXc600	Abbott, Architect	Roche Integra 800	Pathwest Perth	Pathwest Perth
Urine albumin	Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Roche, Integra 800	Roche Integra 800 (Perth)	Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Fusion 5.1	Beckman-Coulter DXc600	Abbott, Architect	Roche Integra 800	Pathwest Perth	Pathwest Perth

Back to article page