Research Article
Comparison of Measurements of 12 Analytes in Equine Blood Samples Using the In-Practice Falcor 350 and the Reference KoneLab 30i Analysers
Table 2
Median (range) values and Deming’s regression analysis results for all analytes measured in 60 equine blood samples.
| Analyte | Falcor median | Range | Konelab median | Range | Slope estimate | 95% CI | Intercept estimate | 95% CI | |
| Albumin | 36 | 15 to 41 | 33 | 15 to 39 | 1.13 | 1.03 to 1.23 | | −5.53 to 1.06 | 0.93 | ALP | 350 | 155 to 1398 | 161 | 88 to 527 | 2.64 | 2.45 to 2.84 | | −121.7 to −37.4 | 0.94 | AST | 315 | 194 to 7353 | 351 | 207 to 8183 | 0.90 | 0.90 to 0.91 | | 3.71 to 16.1 | 0.98 | tCa | 3.18 | 2.56 to 5.62 | 3.04 | 2.40 to 4.58 | 1.53 | 1.30 to 1.76 | | −2.16 to −0.76 | 0.71 | CK | 247 | 73 to 3959 | 265 | 77 to 4435 | 0.89 | 0.88 to 0.90 | | 8.29 to 24.1 | 0.98 | Creatinine | 117 | 60 to 167 | 119 | 65 to 194 | 1.02 | 0.86 to 1.18 | | −28.5 to 11.0 | 0.88 | Phosphate | 1.02 | 0.40 to 2.38 | 0.95 | 0.29 to 2.23 | 0.99 | 0.93 to 1.05 | | 0.03 to 0.16 | 0.95 | K+ | 3.45 | 2.44 to 5.79 | 3.81 | 2.92 to 7.06 | 0.89 | 0.83 to 0.94 | | −0.17 to 0.28 | 0.97 | Na+ | 137 | 129 to 148 | 138 | 128 to 144 | 1.50 | 1.08 to 1.92 | | −126.7 to −11.4 | 0.68 | TB | 29 | 12 to 96 | 33 | 14 to 100 | 0.93 | 0.89 to 0.98 | | −1.47 to 2.63 | 0.98 | TP | 65 | 47 to 91 | 64 | 46 to 90 | 1.03 | 0.93 to 1.13 | | −6.83 to 6.07 | 0.92 | Urea | 6.2 | 3.2 to 41.5 | 5.1 | 2 to 8.9 | −148 | −1795 to 1498 | | −8003 to 9548 | 0.64 |
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CI: confidence intervals, TP: total proteins, CK: creatine kinase, ALP: alkaline phosphatase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, TB: total bilirubin, tCa: total calcium, Na+: sodium, K+: potassium.
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