Variability of CSF Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers: Implications for Clinical Practice
Figure 3
Internal control data of the Amsterdam laboratory.
Results are changes in high and low CSF biomarker levels for intralaboratory reanalysis in two lots (routine lot and LeARN lot) as part of internal control of data at the Amsterdam laboratory. A) Aβ1-42: Lot 1 used from February 2010 to February 2011 (n = 18) and lot 2 used from March to October 2012 (n = 17). B) T-tau: Lot 1 used from February 2010 to April 2011 (n = 24) and lot 2 used from March to June 2012 (n = 11). C) P-tau: Lot 1 used from February 2010 to April 2011 (n = 23) and lot 2 used from March to October 2012 (n = 11). CSF = cerebrospinal fluid, Aβ = amyloid beta, t-tau = total tau, p-tau = phosphorylated tau. *P<0.001 for differences between lot of analysis 1 (routine lot) and lot of analysis 2 (LeARN lot).