TABLE 1.

Estimates of log₁₀ RNA concentration for both the kit-adjusted and VQA-adjusted standards

Standard and assay	No.a	Minimum	Q1b	Median	Q3c	Maximum
Kit-based standard
Chiron ES bDNA	52	2.75	3.24	3.49	3.99	4.85
OTC NASBA-QT	49	3.04	3.76	4.00	4.46	5.32
RT-PCR	64	2.67	3.45	3.83	4.17	5.57
VQA-adjusted standard
Chiron ES bDNA	52	2.95	3.51	3.86	4.26	5.16
OTC NASBA-QT	49	2.64	3.47	3.88	4.14	5.45
RT-PCR	64	2.50	3.31	3.70	4.19	5.69

^aNumber of specimens. 

^bQ1, 25th percentile. 

^cQ3, 75th percentile.