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Number of Autoantibodies Detected in Paired Dried Blood Spot and Venous Blood Samples
| Number of positive antibodies in DBS sample | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of positive antibodies in venous sample | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| 0 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
| 1 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 162 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 229 |
DBS, dried blood spot.
