Table 1

Reproducibility data provided by the manufacturer at various concentration levels
Intraassay precision1,2,3
 Interassay precision1,2,3

Mean Concentration (ng/ml)
 SD
 CV
Mean Concentration (ng/ml)
 SD
 CV
1
 1.5
 0.08
 5.3%
 1
 3.9
 0.26
 6.7
2
 3.0
 0.14
 4.7%
 2
 15
 0.84
 5.6
3
 13
 0.47
 3.6%
 3
 60
 3.2
 5.3
4
 56
 2.4
 4.3%
 4
 371
 22
 5.9
5
 316
 18
 5.7%



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(Source: manufacturer technical booklet. See SIEMENS in references list)

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