Table 9.
Correlation Coefficients for Other Particles between Manual Microscopy and the Two Automated Sediment Analyzers
| cobas u 701 (postreview) | UF‐1000i | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | r | r | |
| Manual microscopy | Casts | 0.561a | 0.509a |
| Bacteria | 0.648a | 0.636a | |
| Pathologic casts | NDb | ND | |
| Crystals | 0.563a (0.652a) | 0.460a | |
| Yeast | 0.404a (0.606a) | 0.297a | |
| Sperm | 0.533a (0.673a) | 0.529a | |
| Mucus | 0.435a (0.439a) | 0.297a |
r, Spearman's correlation coefficient.
a
P < 0.01.
b
ND, not determined. Pathologic casts were not differentiated by manual microscopy.