Table 2

Overall results for the international collaborative study

SampleCalculations from reported resultsRelative to 15/174
Percentage of labs with non-parallelism (n)*
 15/17433% (39)n/a
 S138% (26)14% (28)
 S217% (23)14% (28)
 S322% (23)18% (28)
CLIFT endpoint titre GM†/%GCV‡ (n)
 S1268/153 (10)1.14/47 (10)
 S2266/143 (9)1.03/46 (9)
 S31376/259 (10)5.84/88 (10)
Immunoassay potencies (IU/mL) GM/%GCV (n)
 S1200/123 (30)1.32/86 (24)
 S2199/184 (27)1.57/42 (20)
 S31406/93 (27)8.2/117 (23)
  • *(n): number of laboratories (when a laboratory performed more than one method, each method is treated as if performed by separate laboratories).

  • †GM: geometric mean (overall combined unweighted GM estimates).

  • ‡%GCV: geometric coefficient of variation between laboratories.

  • CLIFT, Crithidia luciliae immunofluorescent test.