Table 1.
Intra- and inter-assay precision for Tfh cells
| Precision | Counts of analysis | Absolute count of Tfh cells (/μL)* | %CV | ||||
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| Tfh cells (%) | Tfh1 cells (%) | Tfh2 cells (%) | Tfh17 cells (%) | ||||
| Intra-assay | Sample-1 | 3 | 1,186 | 1.67 | 3.57 | 2.25 | 7.64 |
| Sample-2 | 3 | 130 | 0.56 | 0.82 | 1.82 | 1.34 | |
| Sample-3 | 3 | 29 | 1.29 | 0.21 | 4.68 | 0.90 | |
| Inter-assay | Sample-1 | 12 | 1,068 | 2.19 | 8.53 | 20.96 | 16.0 |
| Sample-2 | 12 | 128 | 3.13 | 4.99 | 10.17 | 4.50 | |
| Sample-3 | 12 | 29 | 6.51 | 7.13 | 6.94 | 9.48 | |
*The average value of the absolute count of Tfh cells for all replicates of each sample is indicated.
Abbreviations: %CV, percent CV; Tfh, follicular helper T; Tfh1, type 1 follicular helper T; Tfh2, type 2 follicular helper T; Tfh17, type 17 follicular helper T.