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Table 3 Parameter estimates with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for quantile regression models

From: Reference intervals for serum osteocalcin concentrations in adult men and women from the study of health in Pomerania

Model

Lower reference limit

Upper reference limit

 

(2.5th percentile)

(97.5th percentile)

 

Parameter estimate

(95% CI)

Parameter estimate

(95% CI)

Men

Intercept

19.4778

(15.7036; 26.1654)

55.3758

(42.6834; 76.1057)

Age

−0.3806

(−0.5235; -0.2307)

−0.8982

(−1.9454; -0.3549)

Age2

0.0028

(0.0012; 0.0052)

0.0076

(0.0029; 0.0181)

Men, without diabetes mellitus and with BMI 18–30 kg/m 2

Intercept

16.8043

(11.6050; 26.3003)

50.5885

(39.3315; 75.4833)

Age

−0.2382

(−0.5940; -0.0961)

−0.6898

(−2.2462; -0.2172)

Age2

0.0014

(−0.0001; 0.0048)

0.0058

(0.0010; 0.0158)

Women, premenopausal

Intercept

25.825

(2.6944; 32.5959)

73.8844

(−37.2837; 310.5797)

Age

−0.8844

(−1.2162; 0.7307)

−1.7612

(−12.3023; 4.2155)

Age2

0.0106

(−0.0169; 0.0145)

0.0169

(−0.0551; 0.1337)

Women, premenopausal without oral contraceptives, without diabetes mellitus, and with BMI 18–30 kg/m 2

Intercept

46.8442

(1.4278; 53.8028)

62.0062

(−70.8969; 3609.508)

Age

−1.8757

(−2.2815; 0.0366)

−1.1167

(−66.4225; 6.5886)

Age2

0.0224

(−0.0006; 0.0279)

0.0104

(−0.0889; 0.8494)

  1. BMI, Body Mass Index.
  2. For postmenopausal women 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles were determined irrespective of age.