Table 2.
Intra- and inter-day precision for salmeterol xinafoate and fluticasone propionate.
| Compound | Amount (ng band−1) | Intra-day precision (n = 5) | 
Inter-day precision (n = 5) | 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean peak area | SD | CVa | Mean peak area | SD | CVa | ||
| Salmeterol xinafoate | 300 | 1874.5 | 16.7 | 0.9 | 1800 | 69.6 | 3.9 | 
| 400 | 2566.0 | 65.9 | 2.6 | 2517.7 | 42.7 | 1.7 | |
| 500 | 3384.9 | 96.9 | 2.9 | 3317.3 | 58.6 | 1.7 | |
| 600 | 3925.0 | 99.5 | 2.5 | 3819.1 | 98.3 | 2.6 | |
| 700 | 4483.5 | 167.3 | 3.7 | 4427.4 | 55.2 | 1.2 | |
| Fluticasone propionate | 600 | 4631.7 | 102.5 | 2.2 | 4619.9 | 79.6 | 1.7 | 
| 800 | 5811.7 | 87.6 | 1.5 | 5781.9 | 65.1 | 1.1 | |
| 1000 | 7140.4 | 94 | 1.3 | 7065.7 | 106.7 | 1.5 | |
| 1200 | 8048.9 | 124.5 | 1.5 | 7853.5 | 172.3 | 2.0 | |
| 1400 | 9075.8 | 136.4 | 1.5 | 8882.9 | 176.6 | 1.9 | |
Coefficient of variation.