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. 2016 Mar 14;11(3):e0151260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151260

Table 1. Evaluation of method accuracy, precision, and recovery of TAFC from spiked serum samples.

All values represent the mean of three independent samples ± SD.

Concentration of TAFC spiked into QC standards, or spiked into serum ng/ml Measured TAFC in QC standards ng/ml (%RSD) Recovery of TAFC from serum % (%RSD)
0 Not detected Not applicable
5 4.6 ± 0.2 (-8.7) 117.1 ± 9.7 (3.4)
100 111.1 ± 2.4 (11.1) 119.6 ± 17.5 (2.2)
750 747.2 ± 39.6 (-0.4) 120.6 ± 6.0 (5.3)