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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Thromb Haemost. 2012 Jun;10(6):1055–1061. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04705.x

Table 2.

Comparison of factor VIII inhibitor results in Nijmegen-Bethesda units (NBU) on heated and unheated specimens

NBU Pre Heating NBU Post Heating n (%)
0 0.1-0.4 0.5-0.9 ≥1.0 All
Negative History of Inhibitor n=159 0 45 (37.5) 74 (61.7) 1 (0.8) 0 120
0.1-0.4 6 (16.2) 31 (83.8) 0 0 37
0.5-0.9 0 0 1 (100) 0 1
≥1.0 0 0 0 1(100) 1

Positive History of Inhibitor n=43 0 4 (44.4) 5 (55.6) 0 0 9
0.1-0.4 2 (9.5) 14 (66.7) 5 (23.8) 0 21
0.5-0.9 0 0 2 (100) 0 2
≥1.0 0 0 0 11 (100) 11

Normals n=30 NA 20 (66.7) 10 (33.3) 0 0 30