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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Lab Med. 2009 Dec;40(12):709–718. doi: 10.1309/T0FJYP2RBXEHX4

Table 7.

Comparison of automated and manual diffs over time: average absolute difference, average percent difference, and correlation coefficient

4 HR
24 HR
48 HR
Mean Automated
Count
Mean Manual
Count
Ave Difference
(95% CI)
Correlation
Coefficient
Mean Automated
Count
Mean Manual
Count
Ave Difference
(95% CI)
Ave %
Difference (95% CI)
Correlation
Coefficient
Mean Automated
Count
Mean Manual
Count
Ave Difference
(95% CI)
Ave %
Difference (95% CI)
Correlation
Coefficient

NEUT 52.4 53.2 3.1 (2.1–4.0) 1 53 46.4 8.2 (5.8–10.6) 18.3 (12.5–24.1) 0.8 54.1 31.4 23.4 (17.1–29.8) 102.1 (44.9–159.3) 0.6
LYMPH 35.1 35.8 2.5 (1.7–3.3) 1 34.3 42.1 8.1 (5.4–10.7) 19.5 (13.3–25.8) 0.9 34.4 55.9 22.1 (15.5–28.7) 39.1 (29.6–48.5) 0.4
MONO 8.6 7.3 2.1 (1.3–2.9) 0.6 8.7 7.3 2.7 (2.0–3.4) 48.5 (25.7–71.2) 0.5 7.7 7.8 2 (1.3–2.6) 28.5 (18.4–38.6) 0.6
EOS 3.4 3.2 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 0.9 3.5 3.3 1.5 (0.9–2.0) 44.7 (29.3–60.2) 0.8 3.4 3.8 1.7 (0.9–2.5) 49.3 (29.5–69.1) 0.7
BASO 0.5 0.7 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 60.2 (44.9–75.5) 0.2 0.4 1.1 1 (0.2–1.7) 66.3 (50.4–82.1) 0.8

Abbreviations: NEUT, neutrophils; LYMPH; lymphocytes; MONO, monocytes; EOS, eosinophils, BASO, basophils.