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. 2013 Apr 5;8(4):e59498. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059498

Table 8. Descriptive statistics of all study participant saliva samples tested for “10-plex” Panel (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-10, IL-2, IL-5, IL-8, GM-CSF) and “4-plex” Panel (TNF-α and MCP-1).

Analyte GM-CSF IFN-γ IL-10 IL-1β IL-2 IL-4 IL-5 IL-6 IL-8 TNF-a1 MCP-1 TNF-a2
(Unit) (pg/mL) (pg/mL) (pg/mL) (pg/mL) (pg/mL) (pg/mL) (pg/mL) (pg/mL) (pg/mL) (pg/mL) (pg/mL) (pg/mL)
Total N Tested 1133 1133 1133 1133 1133 1133 1133 1133 1133 1133 1133 1133
Total N Pass QC 1133 1133 1133 1133* 1133 1133 1133 1133 1133* 1133 1039 1042
% below 74.03 37.99 32.36 0.53 5.21 2.3 68.55 0.71 0 3.18 0.29 5.37
% above 0.88 1.5 0.18 11.58 0.53 0.97 0.09 1.86 81.79 2.74 3.37 0
N 284 685 763 994 1067 1094 355 1102 206 1065 1001 986
Mean(SD) 39.77(100.2) 21.48(134.3) 11.8(55.0) 61.3(69.5) 9.64(44.8) 26.0(111.3) 17.1(60.9) 14.2(40.7) 413.2(188.5) 20.6(36.8) 374.1(360.3) 5.27(7.17)
Min 1 0.073 0.178 0.48 0.119 0.35 0.178 0.106 0.74 0.132 1.77 0.526
25th percentile 3.61 0.213 0.706 21.1 0.711 2.25 0.682 1.59 254 4.3 143.6 1.97
Median 8.15 0.836 1.62 38.1 1.32 4.98 1.84 4.14 436.1 8.96 244.7 3.32
75th percentile 27.04 4.61 3.93 73.0 3.45 11.63 5.05 10.46 578.2 19.01 471.3 5.83
Max 799.5 2,425 669.1 421.6 872.1 1,854 480.4 621.6 705.4 411.1 2,303 86.88

Total N Tested; number of participant samples sent for testing, Total N pass QC; number of participant samples after removal of failed QC batches.

% above/below; percent of samples to pass QC but fall above or below the quantifiable range of the assay based on table 3.

1– TNF-α assayed as part of the 10-Plex.

2– TNF-α assayed with MCP-1.

*

- the QC material was insufficient for evaluation of these analytes, all data within analytic range is reported and has not been adjusted by batch.