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Leo Lowbeer, MD
Hillcrest Medical Center Tulsa, Okla

JAMA. 1987;258(6):782.

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To the Editor.—

As the author of the first article on erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in old age,¹ I was gratified to have my observations later confirmed, most recently some 58 years later by Zauber and Zauber.² Assuming—correctly—that the ESR in healthy individuals up to the age of 50 years is 4 ± 2 mm/h for men and 10 ± 6 mm/h for women (Westergren method), they found the average ESR in healthy individuals 84 to 98 years of age to be 12 ± 9 mm/h for men and 20 ± 11 mm/h for women. These values compare well with my own values¹ and those of Boyd and Hoffbrand³ and Böttiger and Svedberg,⁴ as well as with those of Wilhelm and Tillisch (reference 26 in the article by Zauber and Zauber) and Sharland (reference 27 in the article by Zauber and Zauber). The only article . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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