Table 1.
Biological variability characteristics for group I high density lipoprotein (HDL) particle associated follicular fluid (FF) analytes, sampled from ipsilateral follicles in six in vitro fertilization patients
| FF analytes | Mean | SD | CV | σ2 T | %σ2 B | %σ2 F | %σ2 A | RV | m10% | ICC | 95 % CI Low |
95 % CI High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 31.25 | 1.23 | 3.94 | 0.092 | 82.60 | 15.42 | 1.98 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.82 | 0.64 | 1.00 |
| Phospholipids (mg/dL) | 75.46 | 1.16 | 1.54 | 0.063 | 89.12 | 8.02 | 2.86 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.89 | 0.77 | 1.00 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 5.29 | 1.61 | 30.35 | 0.349 | 73.82 | 24.01 | 2.17 | 0.33 | 13 | 0.74 | 0.47 | 1.00 |
| Arylesterase (kIU/L) | 106.97 | 1.19 | 1.12 | 0.114 | 90.99 | 7.36 | 1.65 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 1.00 |
| Paraoxonase (IU/L) | 81.53 | 1.73 | 2.12 | 0.247 | 96.20 | 3.20 | 0.60 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 1.00 |
| ApoA-1 (mg/dL) | 102.22 | 1.23 | 1.20 | 0.074 | 88.89 | 9.27 | 1.84 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.89 | 0.77 | 1.00 |
| ApoA-2 (mg/dL) | 27.25 | 1.24 | 4.56 | 0.074 | 89.68 | 8.81 | 1.51 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.90 | 0.78 | 1.00 |
NOTE: Geometric means and standard deviations (SDs) presented. All values were log-transformed for the analyses
ApoA-1 apolipoprotein A1, ApoA-2 apolipoprotein A2, CI confidence interval, CV coefficient of variation, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, m 10% minimum number of specimen collections required to estimate the mean within ±10 % of the “true” value, RV % σ2 F: % σ2 B, σ 2 A variability attributed to analytic factors, σ 2 B variability between women, σ 2 F variability between follicles, σ 2 T total variability