Table 1 Performance of the automated immunoassays. aThe data was collected from the Instruction for Use of respective manufactures.

From: 25OHD analogues and vacuum blood collection tubes dramatically affect the accuracy of automated immunoassays

 

Abbott

Siemens

Roche

IDS

DiaSorin

Range of detectiona (ng/mL)

8.0–160.0

4.2–150.0

3–70

5.5–140

4–150

LODa (ng/mL)

3.1

3.2

3

LOQa (ng/mL)

8

4.2

5

5.5

4

Cross-reactivitya

 25OHD3 (%)

105

100.7

100

102

100

 25OHD2 (%)

82

104.5

92

95

100

 3-epi 25OHD3 (%)

2.7

1.1

91

1

1.3

Serum Pool

 Pool 1 (ng/mL)

8.6 ± 0.9

13.2 ± 1.7

6.7 ± 0.4

9.4 ± 1.1

6.5 ± 0.4

 Pool 2 (ng/mL)

17.6 ± 0.9

23.4 ± 1.4

16.8 ± 0.5

21.5 ± 1.4

15.6 ± 0.5

 Pool 3 (ng/mL)

25.8 ± 1.0

33.5 ± 3.2

26.7 ± 0.9

28.6 ± 0.9

21.6 ± 0.6

CV: between runs (%)

4.4 (3.1–6.6)

10.5 (6.4–15.9)

3.6 (2.6–5.4)

5.9 (3.0–9.3)

3.3 (2.1–5.7)

CV: total (%)

6.9 (3.6–11.8)

9.9 (6.1–14.1)

4.0 (2.7–6.0)

7.1 (3.3–11.6)

3.7 (2.6–5.3)