Comparison between the IF patterns on Wil2 and those on anti-nuclear antibodies observed on HEp2 cells. Results from 80 LED serum samples were cross compared according to their fluorescence pattern on Wil 2 cells (“0/1” or “2”). The picture patterns on HEp2 cells were scored as follows: homogeneous, speckled, combined homogeneous and speckled, “other” for miscellaneous variants and negative for non-significant fluorescence
| Patterns on Wil2 cells | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | ||||||
| IF pattern on HEp2 cells | |||||||
| homogeneous | 17 | 25 | 42 | ||||
| speckled | 5 | 20 | 25 | ||||
| homogeneous and speckled | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| other | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| negative | 1 | 1 | 2 | χ25.77 | |||
| total | 29 | 51 | 80 | p=0.2164 | |||