Table 2.
Overview of absolute and logarithmic PEI/WHO quantification results of all six compared assays with nominal concentrations of 25–1,000 IU/mL
| Nominal standard | Median concentrations | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| artus | CTM v1 | CTM v2 | HPS | RealTime | Versant | |||||||||||||
| IU/mL [log IU/mL] | IU/mL | Range | log IU/mL | IU/mL | Range | log IU/mL | IU/mL | Range | log IU/mL | IU/mL | Range | log IU/mL | IU/mL | Range | log IU/mL | IU/mL | Range | log IU/mL | 
| 1,000 [3.0] PEI | 699 | 497–884 | 2.84 | 1070 | 890–1110 | 3.03 | 468 | 450–603 | 2.67 | 399 | 236–455 | 2.60 | 675 | 648–718 | 2.83 | 575 | 533–747 | 2.76 | 
| 1,000 [3.0] WHO | 543 | 319–627 | 2.73 | 568 | 373–757 | 2.75 | 200 | 166–564 | 2.30 | 209 | 156–299 | 2.32 | 481 | 405–508 | 2.68 | 322 | 321–473 | 2.51 | 
| 500 [2.7] PEI | 898 | 797–963 | 2.95 | 511 | 391–557 | 2.71 | 263 | 187–429 | 2.42 | 159 | 150–184 | 2.20 | 340 | 319–364 | 2.53 | 359 | 305–434 | 2.56 | 
| 500 [2.7] WHO | 303 | 300–482 | 2.48 | 217 | 161–238 | 2.34 | 127 | 113–473 | 2.10 | 120 | 101–147 | 2.08 | 220 | 214–243 | 2.34 | 223 | 204–249 | 2.35 | 
| 200 [2.3] PEI | 239 | 238–345 | 2.38 | 193 | 122–198 | 2.29 | 62 | 51–94 | 1.79 | det. | det.–69 | det. | 132 | 127–174 | 2.12 | 144 | 81–148 | 2.16 | 
| 200 [2.3] WHO | 227 | det.–245 | 2.36 | 46 | 44–61 | 1.66 | 21 | 14–46 | 1.32 | 29 | det.–48 | 1.46 | 96 | 93–106 | 1.98 | 125 | 105–134 | 2.10 | 
| 100 [2.0] PEI | 91 | 86–100 | 1.96 | 94 | 78–98 | 1.97 | 29 | 25–41 | 1.61 | det. | det.–34 | det. | 87 | 67–93 | 1.94 | 106 | 97–108 | 2.03 | 
| 100 [2.0] WHO | 92 | det.–103 | 1.96 | det. | det. | det. | 17 | 14–19 | 1.23 | det. | det. | det. | 51 | 32–62 | 1.71 | 62 | 57–79 | 1.79 | 
| 25 [1.4] PEI | 91 | det.–98 | 1.96 | det. | det. | det. | det. | det.–21 | det. | det. | det. | det. | 32 | 31–41 | 1.51 | 50 | 46–100 | 1.70 | 
| 25 [1.4] WHO | 150 | 0–185 | 2.18 | det. | det. | det. | det. | 0–18 | det. | det. | det. | det. | 28 | 15–33 | 1.45 | 49 | 23–50 | 1.69 | 
det. = detected but below LLOQ; 0 = target not detected