Table 3.

Comparison of IL-6 concentrations detected in 20 randomly chosen serum samples detected using Luminex and conventional ELISA analyses.

Sample	Luminex	ELISA	Sample	Luminex	ELISA
1	69.8 pg/ml	76.3 pg/ml	11	130.8 pg/ml	153.1 pg/ml
2	62.5 pg/ml	69.4 pg/ml	12	902.1 pg/ml	54.7 pg/ml
3	883.5 pg/ml	>600 pg/ml	13	268.2 pg/ml	322.2 pg/ml
4	116.2 pg/ml	148.6 pg/ml	14	47.4 pg/ml	57.5 pg/ml
5	110.1 pg/ml	179.7 pg/ml	15	28.9 pg/ml	61.7 pg/ml
6	154.6 pg/ml	172.5 pg/ml	16	204.4 pg/ml	257.0 pg/ml
7	43.6 pg/ml	63.5 pg/ml	17	57.2 pg/ml	93.4 pg/ml
8	83.5 pg/ml	124.2 pg/ml	18	59.7 pg/ml	89.7 pg/ml
9	883.5 pg/ml	>600 pg/ml	19	160.1 pg/ml	204.5 pg/ml
10	28.1 pg/ml	43.5 pg/ml	20	30.7 pg/ml	36.9 pg/ml