Research Article

Comparison between the Traditional and a Rapid Screening Test for Cryoimmunoglobulins Detection

Table 2

Cross results from the performance of the traditional and the rapid cryoglobulin screening test. Data are reported as number of samples and percentage (between brackets).

Cryoglobulinemic sera ()Control sera ()
Cryocrit > 1%
(; 46%)
Cryocrit 0.5–1%
(; 16%)
Absence of cryocrit
(; 38%)
Absence of cryocrit
(; 100%)

Patients (%)Patients (%)Patients (%)Subjects (%)
<0.111 (6)22 (34)136 (89)94 (94)
0.1-0.256 (30)39 (61)16 (11)5 (5)
≥0.2118 (64)2 (3)1 (1)