Table 3.

Comparison between continuous and ‘stop-and-go’ methods for experiments performed with a sample of IL-6 at 10 ng/mL (for the specific signal) or a buffer solution mL (for the non-specific signal) as described in the Material and Methods.

	In-flow mode	Mean specific signal (u.a.)	Coefficient of variation (%)	Signal to noise ratio (u.a.)
Front height	Signal	2038	11.2	33.3

	Stop-and-go mode
Peak area	Signal	7409	15.9	30.6
Peak height	Signal	2834	21.0	9.4