Table 2

Reproducibility data observed in a cancer patient, a smoker and a non-smoker


Counts per second (CPS)
CEA (ng/ml)

Patient with high CEA


Replicate-1:
10606939
67.02
Replicate-2:
11254190
71.17
Replicate-3:
10843538
68.50
Replicate-4:
11468146
72.67
Mean ± SD
11043203 ± 389565.76
69.84 ± 2.55
%CV
3.53
3.65

Smoker



Replicate-1:
912044.4
4.82
Replicate-2:
970260
5.23
Replicate-3:
989665
5.3
Mean ± SD
957323 ± 40395.28
5.12 ± 0.259
%CV
4.2
5.06

Non-smoker



Replicate-1:
409945.7
1.603
Replicate-2:
427858
1.718
Replicate-3:
432136.58 (1.01)
1.746
Mean ± SD
423313.3 ± 11772.8
1.689 ± 0.076
%CV
2.78
4.49

Sajid et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2008 5:19   doi:10.1186/1477-7517-5-19

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