Serum thyroxine binding capacity-dependent bias in five free thyroxine immunoassays: assessment with serum dilution experiments and impact on diagnostic performance

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作者
Sapin, R [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Strasbourg 1, Fac Med, CNRS UPRESA 7004, Unite Anal Endocriniennes,Lab Univ Biophys, F-67085 Strasbourg, France
关键词
pregnancy; non thyroidal illness; equilibrium dialysis; vitros ECi; GammaCoat; elecsys; ADVIA : Centaur; Amerlex-MAB;
D O I
10.1016/S0009-9120(01)00241-7
中图分类号
R446 [实验室诊断]; R-33 [实验医学、医学实验];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
Objectives: To assess the presence and magnitude of a serum thyroxine binding capacity (sBC)-dependent bias in five free thyroxine (FT4) immunoassays, compared with equilibrium dialysis (ED). The exhibited bias is confronted with clinical results from previous studies to evaluate its impact on FT4 determination in sera with various sBC. Design and methods: The sera of three pregnant women and three non thyroidal ill (NTI) patients were serially diluted in an inert buffer to progressively decrease the sBC. FT4 values were measured in diluted and undiluted samples with the six assays. Results: As a function of increasing dilution performed on pregnancy sera, except for ED and Vitros ECi FT4, the other four FT4 assay results decreased to different degrees, in the following order: two-step GammaCoat RIA < Elecsys < ADVIA:Centaur < Amerlex-MAB RIA. In sera from NTI patients, the decrease was more marked and found at high dilution with the Vitros ECi assay. Data from previous studies showed that FT4 measured with biased assays were decreased only in samples from very severely NTI patients with low sBC and that FT4 results in pregnancy sera with high sBC were not significantly biased. Conclusions: The dilution test is a sensitive alarm to assess sBC-dependent bias in FT4 assays. For all FT4 assays and particularly when a bias is observed, documentation should be sought on the diagnostic performance of the assay and supported by a detailed clinical study including samples with tow sBC. Physicians should still be educated about the limitations of FT4 assays. (C) 2001 The Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists. All rights reserved.
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