TABLE 3.
Scale | Method | Lower | Upper | Mean Reference Interval Width |
Standard Error of Mean Reference Interval Width |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Original | Percentile | −2.50 | 4.80 | 4.7 | 1.7 |
VD | −3.59 | 3.59 | 3.5 | 0.6 | |
VSEM | −3.57 | 3.57 | 3.4 | 0.6 | |
VM | −3.61 | 3.61 | 3.0 | 0.5 | |
VAdjusted | −3.49 | 3.49 | 3.0 | 0.5 | |
Transformed | Percentile | −2.62 | 5.37 | 4.6 | 1.3 |
VD | −3.44 | 3.44 | 3.3 | 0.5 | |
VSEM | −3.40 | 3.40 | 3.3 | 0.5 | |
VM | −3.45 | 3.45 | 2.9 | 0.5 | |
VAdjusted | −3.34 | 3.34 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
VD, variance of observed shifts; VM, variance using the model-based approach; VSEM, variance based on the standard error of measurement.