Matrix effects and interferences (bias) |
|
Pool of plasma from five healthy donors |
−10.0% |
Pool of serum from six healthy donors |
−14.0% |
Hemolytic serum (hemoglobin 500 mg/dL) |
−24.0% |
Lipemic serum (triglycerides 200 mg/dL) |
−14.0% |
Lipemic serum (triglycerides 500 mg/dL) |
0.0% |
Serum with medium bilirubin (82 µmol/L) |
−14.0% |
Serum with high bilirubin (326 µmol/L) |
−10.0% |
Calibration curve |
|
Range of tested concentrations |
1 to 384 µg/mL |
Accuracy (trueness) |
120.0% |
Linearity (R2) |
1.00 |
LLOD |
2 µg/mL |
LLOQ |
6 µg/mL |
Technical precision at LLOQ (CV, n = 3) |
8.0% |
Repeatability and reproducibility |
|
Intraday (CV, n = 5) |
3.2% |
Interday (CV, n = 5) |
4.2% |
Sample handling stability (bias) |
|
Sample storage for 4 h at room temperature |
−2.2% |
Sample storage 24 h at 4 °C |
1.8% |
Two freeze–thaw cycles |
1.0% |
Frozen sample storage (−20 °C) for 30 days |
1.4% |
Analyte stability (bias) |
|
3 months at −80 °C (n = 2 samples from ALI patients) |
19.8% |
Peptide stability (bias) |
|
Sample storage for 4 h at room temperature |
3.7% |
Sample storage 24 h at 4 °C |
3.7% |
Two freeze–thaw cycles |
0.0% |
Frozen sample storage (−80 °C) for >30 days |
7.4% |