ABSTRACT
A study of plasma concentrations of urea creatinine in 202 primary school children aged between 6 to 15 years was carried out in Ujung Pandang from November 1, 1988 through February 28, 1989. Sampling was done using multi-stage random sampling method. Plasma urea concentrations were not affected by sex, age and nutritional status. Normal distribution of plasma urea concentrations in P2.5 and P97.5 were 8.13 mg/dl and 24.09 mg/dl respectively (95% confidence level). There was no difference of creatinine concentration between the two sexes. The overall mean creatinine concentrations was significantly higher in the well-nourished group (0.73 +/- 0.081) mg/dl) as compared to PEM group (0.63 +/- 0.066 mg/dl). This study revealed a correlation between age and plasma creatinine concentrations in the well-nourished (r = 0.46, p less than 0.01) as well as in PEM (r = 0.37, p less than 0.01) group. Hence, normal distribution of plasma creatinine concentrations should be base on values in each age group. This study showed no correlation between plasma urea and creatinine concentrations.
