Table 4.
Measured T-tau concentration and relative percentages for each plasma sample through multiple freeze/thaw cycles
Cycle 0 |
Cycle 1 |
Cycle 2 |
Cycle 3 |
Cycle 4 |
Cycle 5 |
Averaged relative % | cv | |||||||
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concentration | relative % | concentration | relative % | concentration | relative % | concentration | relative % | concentration | relative % | concentration | relative % | |||
Sample 1 | 16.68 | 100.00 | 16.28 | 97.60 | 17.05 | 102.22 | 16.19 | 97.06 | 16.00 | 95.92 | 15.81 | 94.78 | 97.52 | 2.8 |
Sample 2 | 18.17 | 100.00 | 18.93 | 104.18 | 17.02 | 93.67 | 18.59 | 102.31 | 16.65 | 91.63 | 16.93 | 93.12 | 96.98 | 5.5 |
Sample 3 | 31.71 | 100.00 | 31.47 | 99.24 | 30.68 | 96.75 | 31.38 | 98.96 | 30.28 | 95.49 | 29.32 | 92.46 | 96.58 | 2.9 |
Sample 4 | 29.29 | 100.00 | 30.43 | 103.89 | 29.42 | 100.44 | 29.11 | 99.39 | 28.58 | 97.58 | 27.37 | 93.44 | 98.95 | 3.5 |
Sample 5 | 23.93 | 100.00 | 23.41 | 97.83 | 23.52 | 98.29 | 23.44 | 97.95 | 23.54 | 98.37 | 23.98 | 100.21 | 98.53 | 1.1 |
Sample 6 | 29.47 | 100.00 | 28.66 | 97.25 | 27.68 | 93.93 | 28.94 | 98.20 | 29.51 | 100.14 | 29.31 | 99.46 | 97.80 | 2.4 |
Sample 7 | 32.88 | 100.00 | 31.47 | 95.71 | 32.02 | 97.39 | 33.36 | 101.46 | 33.63 | 102.28 | 31.69 | 96.38 | 98.64 | 2.8 |
Sample 8 | 39.74 | 100.00 | 39.69 | 99.87 | 39.67 | 99.82 | 39.61 | 99.67 | 37.79 | 95.09 | 37.89 | 95.34 | 97.96 | 2.4 |
Mean ± SD | 100.0±0.00 | 99.44±3.10 | 97.81±3.02 | 99.38±1.77 | 97.06±3.29 | 95.65±2.88 | − | − |
T-tau concentrations are presented as pg/mL. SD, standard deviation; CV, coefficient of variation.