TY - T1 - Concentration of fecal calprotectin in 11,255 children aged 0-18 years SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/320783 T3 - A1 - Kolho, Kaija-Leena; Alfthan, Henrik A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - Objectives Fecal calprotectin is a valued surrogate marker for intestinal inflammation. It has been argued that calprotectin levels are higher in early age than in later life hampering the use of calprotectin in young children. Subjects and methods To study age-related variation, we used data from our laboratory information system on consecutive, unselected fecal calprotectin measurements from 2014 to 2017 in all children aged 0 to 18 years. From each individual, the first measurement was includ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Age; infant; pediatric; screening; INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE; HEALTHY-CHILDREN; INFANTS; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine; 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics N1 - PP - ER -