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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 36, 344-346, Copyright © 1990 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme in healthy and sarcoidotic children: comparison with the reference interval for adults

B Beneteau-Burnat, B Baudin, G Morgant, FC Baumann and J Giboudeau
Laboratoire de Biochimie A, Hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) was measured in serum of 187 healthy children between the ages six months and 18 years. Results were pooled for five-year age intervals and compared with the reference values for adults that we previously determined [Clin Chem 1986;32:884- 6). Results for each age group were also studied as a function of sex. Children had higher ACE activities in serum than did adults (P less than 0.001), but these activities were age-related only from age four to 18 years. Adolescents showed sex-related differences, with higher serum ACE activities in boys than in girls (P less than 0.05). Both sex- and age-related differences may be related to a steroid hormonal regulation of ACE biosynthesis. We also verified that children with sarcoidosis (n = 20) had significantly increased serum ACE activity. Such physiological variations in serum ACE activity must be taken into account for diagnosing sarcoidosis in children, for following the course of the disease, and for evaluating the accuracy of therapy.


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