TABLE 3.
Analysis of specimens displaying initial values of <500 RNA copies/ml
| RLU values of initial test | No. (%) of samples according to RNA level (copies/ml) after repeat testing
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| CV <35%
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CV >35%
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| <500 | >500 | Total | <500 | >500 | Total | |
| Both above one D Stda RLU | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5)b | 11 (15.7) | 17 (60.7) | 11 (39.3)b | 28 (10) |
| Only one above one D Std RLU | 246 (97.6) | 6 (2.4) | 252 (90) | |||
| One or both below one D Std RLU | 57 (96.6) | 2 (3.4) | 59 (84.3) | |||
| Total | 62 (88.6) | 8 (11.4) | 70 (100) | 263 (93.9) | 17 (6.1) | 280 (100) |
a
Std, standard.
b
The proportion of specimens showing >500 RNA copies/ml between RLU groupings was significantly different (P < 0.001).