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. 2019 Dec 18;5(1):10–18. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03013

Table 2. Some Selected Biotin-Based Assays That Are Highly Susceptible to Elevated Biotin.

analyte nonbiotin-based assay (Architect/Abbott) biotin-based assay (Roche) bias (+) positive/(− negative)
progesterone 0.4 nM 125.4 nM (+) 315-fold increase
FT4 11.3 pM >100 pM (+) >8.8-fold increase
TSH 1.30 mIU/L 0.02 mIU/L (−) 65-fold decrease
FSH 8.5 IU/L 0.4 IU/L (−) 21.3-fold decrease