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 3

Data from Bland-Altman difference plots used to determine agreement between the Falcor and KoneLab analysers.

AnalyteBias95% CI for the bias

Albumin 1.5 to 2.3
ALP 196 to 278
AST −84 to −24
tCa 0.1 to 0.2
CK −58 to −12
Creatinine −9.2 to −2.9
Phosphate 0 to 0.1
K+ −0.4 to −0.3
Na+ −0.8 to 0.5
TB −3.2 to −1.1
TP 0.7 to 2.2
Urea 0.5 to 3.1

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.