Table 4. Intra- and Inter-assay precision of the total BNP systems.
Added BNP concentration pmol/L | Measured concentration pmol/L | CV | Bias | ||
Mean | S.D. | % | % | ||
Intra-assay (n = 5) | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 15.0 |
25 | 25 | 2.1 | 8.4 | 1.0 | |
100 | 99 | 7.1 | 7.2 | −0.7 | |
Inter-assay (n = 15) | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 9.5 | 5.0 |
25 | 24 | 1.7 | 2.9 | −4.0 | |
100 | 100 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.0 |