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Table 1 Determination of the lower limit of quantitation of the calprotectin assay

From: A new turbidimetric immunoassay for serum calprotectin for fully automatized clinical analysers

Mean (mg/L)

1,316

0,624

0,489

0,347

0,206

std (mg/L)

0,0198

0,0340

0,0336

0,0400

0,0344

CV (%)

1,5

5,4

6,9

11,5

16,7

Theoretical value (mg/L)

1,32

0,66

0,53

0,40

0,26

Deviation from theoretical value (mg/L)

−0,004

−0,036

−0,039

−0,049

−0,058

TE

0,0202

0,0494

0,0518

0,0631

0,0678

TE%

1,5

7,5

9,8

15,9

25,7

  1. The results are presented as CV and deviation from theoretical value. The lowest concentration with an acceptable total error was 0.37 mg/L