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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chem Lab Med. 2011 Mar 2;49(5):817–824. doi: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.122

Table 2.

Analytes with serum to plasma correlations ≥ 80%.

Serum
Plasma
Analyte name Mean SD Range Mean SD Range r
Serum to Plasma Correlation ≥ 0.90
   Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, uIU/mL 1.76 0.96 0.36 3.90 1.78 1.01 0.35 4.10 0.99
   IgE, ng/mL 58.73 111.43 0.98 487.00 72.81 128.53 3.80 605.00 0.97
   Lipoprotein (a), ug/mL 108.69 96.74 8.00 400.00 108.07 99.26 5.20 383.00 0.97
   Insulin, uIU/mL 2.20 1.30 0.35 5.00 2.45 1.31 0.42 4.90 0.96
   Adiponectin, ug/mL 5.66 2.43 1.70 10.40 5.25 2.32 1.50 9.20 0.95
   Ferritin, ng/mL 144.52 96.76 22.70 364.00 132.63 90.30 22.50 337.00 0.95
   Cancer Antigen 19-9, U/mL 7.42 7.81 0.59 35.30 10.14 9.72 0.42 45.10 0.93
   IgM, mg/mL 0.87 0.40 0.08 1.60 0.86 0.39 0.08 1.90 0.93
   TNF RII, ng/mL 5.85 4.61 2.90 26.90 5.44 4.38 2.80 25.70 0.92
   α-1 Antitrypsin, mg/mL 2.18 0.57 1.10 3.90 2.14 0.56 1.20 3.70 0.91
   Growth Hormone, ng/mL 2.27 3.18 0.08 12.90 1.94 2.40 0.08 9.10 0.91
   Haptoglobin, mg/mL 1.93 1.13 0.46 4.00 2.00 1.22 0.47 4.40 0.91
   IL-18, pg/mL 349.24 304.08 156.00 1740.00 340.60 310.10 137.00 1760.00 0.91
   IL-16, pg/mL 432.88 151.16 224.00 756.00 350.88 117.58 193.00 586.00 0.90
   MDC, pg/mL a 613.76 232.51 376.00 1320.00 495.60 195.67 277.00 1220.00 0.90
Serum to Plasma Correlation between 0.80 and 0.89
   IgA, mg/mL 1.12 0.40 0.54 2.00 1.14 0.41 0.53 2.00 0.89
   Myoglobin, ng/mL 12.69 6.19 5.90 32.20 11.94 5.30 6.60 30.00 0.89
   Apolipoprotein A1, mg/mL 0.28 0.09 0.13 0.45 0.29 0.10 0.13 0.49 0.88
   Carcinoembryonic Antigen , ng/mL 1.27 0.78 0.28 3.20 1.53 0.92 0.44 3.40 0.88
   SHBG, nmol/L 49.09 28.22 17.50 128.00 42.65 20.09 18.50 99.30 0.88
   Apolipoprotein H, ug/mL a, d 230.25 44.60 91.20 298.00 231.89 50.46 70.20 319.00 0.87
   Eotaxin, pg/mL c 273.35 273.46 94.20 1290.00 137.52 142.25 36.40 645.00 0.86
   VCAM-1, ng/mL c 685.72 263.17 393.00 1810.00 650.76 218.19 396.00 1570.00 0.86
   α-Fetoprotein, ng/mL 2.40 1.52 0.64 5.90 3.13 1.39 1.40 6.50 0.85
   Factor VII, ng/mL 676.12 199.15 212.00 1110.00 803.88 223.32 266.00 1190.00 0.85
   β-2 Microglobulin, ug/mL 2.05 1.12 1.30 6.80 2.02 0.99 1.20 6.00 0.83
   Leptin, ng/mL 26.18 26.16 1.30 90.80 30.17 28.31 1.30 102.00 0.83
   α-2 Macroglobulin, mg/mL 1.03 0.16 0.75 1.30 1.05 0.15 0.76 1.30 0.82
   Fatty Acid Binding Protein, ng/mL b, c 1.55 1.48 0.40 4.50 1.84 1.71 0.47 6.50 0.80

Replicate correlations within sample type for each analyte are ≥0.90 unless otherwise noted by superscript a–d.

Replicate correlations within sample type: serum - a) 0.80 – 0.89; b) 0.70 – 0.79; plasma - c) 0.80 – 0.89; d) < 0.60

All analytes were detected in at least 50% of the samples for both serum and plasma.