Clin Chem Lab Med. 2013 Nov;51(11):2133-9. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0251.
Evaluation of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) clones by flow cytometry (FCM) is not standardized and is associated with consistent inter-laboratory variability.
In order to rule out the influence of particular approach in generating final results, we analyzed the performance characteristics of individual consensus strategies for small to intermediate (1%-20%) and minor (<1%) PNH clones within the white blood cell (WBC) and red blood cell (RBC) compartments with sensitivity up to 0.1%.
Coefficient of variation (CV) for precision/reproducibility analysis ranged from 0.67%/1.49% to 2.56%/3.09% for granulocytes, from 0.93%/3.09% to 7.76%/12.06% for monocytes and from 0.41%/4.73% to 6.53%/5.1% for RBCs. Coefficient of determination (r2) for linear regression analysis ranged from 0.95 to 0.99, Wilcoxon ranks test showed no statistically significant differences (p>0.05), Bland-Altman analysis demonstrated performance agreement with mean bias ranging from -0.18 to 1.24.
Our results confirmed very good performance characteristics for precision and reproducibility analysis, excellent correlation and favorable agreement between strategies, suggesting that reported inter-laboratory variability is related mainly to incorrect performance and/or insufficient experience with PNH testing by flow cytometry, rather than to relevant limitations of any particular approach.
流式细胞术(FCM)评估阵发性睡眠性血红蛋白尿症(PNH)克隆尚未标准化,且与实验室间始终存在的可变性相关。
为了排除特定方法在生成最终结果时的影响,我们分析了在白细胞(WBC)和红细胞(RBC)部分内,对于小至中等(1%-20%)和较小(<1%)PNH 克隆的个体共识策略的性能特征,其灵敏度高达 0.1%。
精密度/可重复性分析的变异系数(CV)在粒细胞中范围为 0.67%/1.49%至 2.56%/3.09%,在单核细胞中范围为 0.93%/3.09%至 7.76%/12.06%,在 RBC 中范围为 0.41%/4.73%至 6.53%/5.1%。线性回归分析的决定系数(r2)范围为 0.95 至 0.99,Wilcoxon 秩检验无统计学差异(p>0.05),Bland-Altman 分析表明与平均偏差范围为-0.18 至 1.24 的性能一致。
我们的结果证实了精密度和可重复性分析的非常好的性能特征,策略之间具有极好的相关性和良好的一致性,这表明报告的实验室间可变性主要与流式细胞术检测 PNH 的不正确性能和/或经验不足有关,而不是与任何特定方法的相关限制有关。