NTx Telopeptide, Urine (Sendout)

0070062, Collagen Crosslinks, Crosslinked N-telopeptide of Type I Collagen (NTX), N-Telopeptide, NTX Creatinine, Osteomark, Osteoporosis, UNTPG, Urine, UOW4797

Useful For: As an adjunct in the diagnosis of medical conditions associated with increased bone turnover
Monitoring effectiveness of antiresorptive therapy in patients treated for osteopenia, osteoporosis, Paget disease, or other metabolic bone disorders
For monitoring therapy, a baseline specimen should be collected prior to initiation of therapy. Subsequent specimens for comparison should be collected at the same time of day as the baseline specimen.

Sterile Urine Cup

Urine

1 mL urine

Random Collection: Collect second-morning void urine in a screw-cap, urine collection container without preservative.

Timed Collection:

Collect urine for 24 hours in a preservative-free amber polyethylene 24-hr urine collection container.
Refrigerate sample during collection.
Record the collection interval.

0.5 mL

24 hour collections must provide the duration and total volume collected.

Frozen (preferred) - 4 weeks
Refrigerated - 1 week
Ambient - 24 hours

Specimens contaminated with blood or extensive hemolysis

Quantitative Chemiluminescent Immunoassay (CLIA)

1-4 Days

Tuesday - Saturday

82523

Males:

7-9 years: 167-578 nM BCE/mM creatinine
10-12 years: 152-505 nM BCE/mM creatinine
13-15 years: 103-776 nM BCE/mM creatinine
16-17 years: 34-313 nM BCE/mM creatinine
18 years and older: 21-83 nM BCE/mMcreatinine
Females:

7-9 years: 201-626 nM BCE/mM creatinine
10-12 years: 173-728 nMBCE/mM creatinine
13-15 years: 38-515 nM BCE/mM creatinine
16-17 years: 20-144 nM BCE/mMcreatinine
Premenopausal: 17-94 nM BCE/mM creatinine
Postmenopausal: 26-124 nM BCE/mM creatinine

No

UW (sendout to ARUP)

44712-8