Table IV. Sample sizes required to detect actual fold differences in protein expression as a function of measurement CV (43).
Actual fold-difference | ||||
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%CV | 1.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 |
10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
40 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
50 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
100 | 68 | 24 | 14 | 11 |