Table 1.
Average recovery percentage of dried blood spots and finger stick versus conventional venipuncture serum of PAPP-A and fβ-hCG for both immunoassay platforms.
| Average % recovery compared to venipuncture serum (± SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | Marker | Serum finger prick | DBS venous | DBS finger prick |
| AutoDELFIA | PAPP-A | 103 ± 13 | 71 ± 12 | 67 ± 9 |
| Ab-array | PAPP-A | 100 ± 10 | 70 ± 12 | 72 ± 11 |
| AutoDELFIA | fβ-hCG | 103 ± 7 | 156 ± 56 | 151 ± 32 |
| Ab-array | fβ-hCG | 90 ± 8 | 137 ± 38 | 132 ± 34 |