Table 2. Calibrator reactivity and reproducibility of results assessed by repeat testing.
Specimen | Maxim | Sedia | ||||||||
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N | Mean OD | CV OD (%) | Mean ODn | CV ODn (%) | N | Mean OD | CV OD (%) | Mean ODn | CV ODn (%) | |
Calibrators | ||||||||||
Alla | 222 | 0.75 | 10.4 | N/A | N/A | 219 | 0.65 | 15.0 | N/A | N/A |
Median valuesb | 74 | 0.75 | 9.3 | N/A | N/A | 73 | 0.64 | 14.2 | N/A | N/A |
Kit-supplied control specimens | ||||||||||
Acute (low) | 222 | 0.36 | 10.5 | 0.49 | 8.0 | 219 | 0.35 | 16.2 | 0.55 | 14.0 |
Chronic (high) | 222 | 1.37 | 8.6 | 1.83 | 7.9 | 219 | 1.31 | 10.4 | 2.06 | 12.7 |
Blinded control specimens | ||||||||||
BC-1 | 25 | 3.30 | 5.1 | 4.45 | 9.3 | 25 | 3.07 | 5.6 | 4.94 | 15.0 |
BC-2 | 25 | 3.04 | 5.9 | 4.08 | 8.9 | 25 | 2.83 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 13.2 |
BC-3 | 25 | 0.40 | 14.2 | 0.54 | 14.8 | 25 | 0.67 | 20.0 | 1.02 | 13.6 |
aAverage over all calibrator values;
bAverage over median calibrator values (one value per plate).