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. 2019 Nov 1;8(11):1813. doi: 10.3390/jcm8111813

Table 1.

Within-laboratory (inter-assay) and within-run (intra-assay) imprecision.

Imprecision Betaine (µM)
Low Medium High
Within-lab a
Mean 45.2 97.2 205.9
SD 2.5 4.0 5.2
CV (%) 5.5 4.1 2.5
Within-run b
Mean 44.1 95.6 205.6
SD 1.9 3.1 3.1
CV (%) 4.3 3.2 1.5

Abbreviations: CV, coefficients of variation; SD, standard deviation; a Based on CLSI EP5-A2 tested using three controls, two runs per day in duplicate for 20 days (total n = 80); b Based on one run of 20 tests.