Table 1: Mean of Ct values for each PCR instrument

		ABI 7500 FAST		LC 480-II		LC96		Mx3005p		PikoReal		Mean Ct		SD		CV (%)
900,000 c/r		15.40		15.55		16.90		15.81		14.49		15.63		0.87		5.54
90,000 c/r		18.94		18.28		20.51		18.59		17.34		18.73		1.16		6.18
9,000 c/r		22.71		21.93		24.27		22.77		20.84		22.50		1.26		5.59
900 c/r		26.51		25.2		27.73		26.45		24.18		26.01		1.36		5.23
90 c/r		29.55		27.81		31.25		30.03		26.95		29.12		1.73		5.94
9 c/r		33.00		29.62		35.37		32.72		28.40		31.82		2.80		8.80
0.9 c/r		34.82		29.96		36.86		35.38		29.18		33.24		3.44		10.36
0.09 c/r		39.10		30.96		38.73		42.33		29.70		36.16		5.52		15.28

SD: Standard deviation