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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chem. 2015 Sep 14;61(11):1363–1371. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2015.242560

Table 1.

Performance of the MS/MS assays of GALNS, ARSB, and I2S.

Assay MS/MS product response (peak area) Analytical rangea Mean (%CV) activity for 5 replicates of the QC DBS, μmol · h−1 · L−1a
GALNS FIA-MS/MS with β-NGA Filter paper, 17 340
PE QC H, 220 050
23.4 (PE QC H) No data
GALNS LC-MS/MS without β-NGA Filter paper, 525
CDC QC H, 138 460
PE QC H, 230 905
120 (CDC QC H)
198 (PE QC H)
Filter paper, 0.02 (9.1%)
CDC QC B, 0.08 (1.8%)
CDC QC L, 0.22 (8.7%)
CDC QC M, 1.36 (12.8%)
CDC QC H, 2.46 (12.3%)
PE QC L, 0.29 (19.0%)
PE QC M, 2.70 (12.0%)
PE QC H, 4.07 (7.2%)
ARSB FIA-MS/MS with β-NGA Filter paper, 20 520
PE QC H, 360 020
22.4 (PE QC H) No data
ARSB LC-MS/MS without β-NGA Filter paper, 2750
CDC QC H, 1 209 484
PE QC H, 1 406 271
170 (CDC QC H)
226 (PE QC H)
Filter paper, 0.12 (6.1%)
CDC QC B, 0.22 (3.6%)
CDC QC L, 1.02 (10.2%)
CDC QC M, 11.76 (6.4%)
CDC QC H, 20.51 (11.2%)
PE QC L, 1.96 (9.5%)
PE QC M, 18.11 (5.7%)
PE QC H, 27.39 (3.7%)
I2S FIA-MS/MS with IDUA Filter paper, 9902
CDC QC H, 1 379 295
PE QC H, 3 297 559
257 (CDC QC H)
387 (PE QC H)
Filter paper, 0.05 (63.9%)
CDC QC B, 1.05 (6.2%)
CDC QC L, 1.72 (4.8%)
CDC QC M, 8.50 (7.2%)
CDC QC H, 11.64 (6.1%)
PE QC L, 1.17 (3.8%)
PE QC M, 9.90 (3.5%)
PE QC H, 17.50 (2.8%)
I2S LC-MS/MS with IDUA Filter paper, 4146
CDC QC H, 2 207 739
PE QC H, 3 104 262
424 (CDC QC H)
721 (PE QC H)
Filter paper, 0.03 (60%)
CDC QC B, 1.31 (6.3%)
CDC QC L, 2.19 (4.3%)
CDC QC M, 10.35 (2.7%)
CDC QC H, 12.93 (6.4%)
PE QC L, 1.34 (7.0%)
PE QC M, 11.42 (5.8%)
PE QC H, 19.40 (3.3%)
I2S LC-MS/MS without IDUA Filter paper, 1756
CDC QC H, 1 578 629
PE QC H, 1 905 935
521 (CDC QC H)
681 (PE QC H)
Filter paper, 0.04 (145.7%)
CDC QC B, 1.10 (6.4%)
CDC QC L, 2.20 (3.6%)
CDC QC M, 12.60 (4.7%)
CDC QC H, 18.66 (5.6%)
PE QC L, 1.53 (2.2%)
PE QC M, 14.29 (3.1%)
PE QC H, 24.41 (6.4%)
a

Values calculated as described in the online Data Supplement. QC samples from the CDC are base pool (B, 0% whole blood), low (L, 5% whole blood), medium (M, 50% whole blood), and high (H, 100% whole blood). Same for the PerkinElmer (PE) samples except there is no base pool.