• RiosDanyelle Romana AlvesDRA0000-0001-6377-241XPhD. Associate Professor, Campus Centro Oeste, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Divinópolis (MG), Brazil., Sandhi Maria Barreto, Letícia Gonçalves Resende Ferreira, Thaís Resende Batista, Ana Paula Ferreira Silva, Wander Valadares de Oliveira Júnior, Chams Bicalho Maluf, CarvalhoMaria das GraçasMDG0000-0002-1669-3302PhD. Full Professor, Campus Centro Oeste, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Divinópolis (MG), Brazil; and Full Professor, Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, , and Roberta Carvalho Figueiredo.
• PhD. Associate Professor, Campus Centro Oeste, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Divinópolis (MG), Brazil.
• Sao Paulo Med J. 2022 May 1; 140 (3): 474485474-485.

BackgroundThe thrombin generation test (TGT) has shown promise for investigation of hemorrhagic and thrombotic diseases. However, despite its potential, it still needs standardization. Moreover, few studies have established reference values for TGT parameters. In Brazil, these values have not yet been established.ObjectiveTo determine TGT performance and reference intervals for TGT parameters in healthy individuals.Design And SettingCross-sectional study conducted among participants in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto, ELSA-Brasil).MethodsThe reference sample consisted of 620 healthy individuals. The calibrated automated thrombogram (CAT) method, under low and high tissue factor (TF) conditions, was used to assess thrombin generation. Test performance was analyzed using intra and interassay coefficients of variation (CV) and reference intervals were calculated using the nonparametric method proposed by the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.ResultsThe intraassay CV ranged from 1.4% to 2.2% and the interassay CV, 6.8% to 14.7%. The reference intervals for TGT parameters under low and high TF conditions were, respectively: lagtime: 3.0-10.3 and 1.4-3.7 min; endogenous thrombin potential (ETP): 1134.6-2517.9 and 1413.6-2658.0 nM.min; normalized ETP: 0.6-1.3 and 0.7-1.4; peak: 103.2-397.7 and 256.4-479.0 nM; normalized peak: 0.3-1.3 and 0.7-1.2; and time-to-peak: 5.6-16.0 and 3.4-6.7 min. These parameters were categorized relative to sex.ConclusionTGT performance was adequate and the proposed reference intervals were similar to those of other studies. Our findings may be useful for consolidating the TGT, through contributing to its standardization and validation.

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