Table 1: Mean Values for 78 analytes with the ratio of mean serum values to mean EDTA plasma values.

 

units

Serum

EDTA

Heparin

Citrate

Ser./EDTA

1.              α-1 Antitrypsin

mg/mL

1.90

1.76

1.85

1.62

1.08

2.              Adiponectin

ug/mL

3.93

3.63

3.76

3.23

1.08

3.              α-2 Macroglobulin

mg/mL

0.72

0.22

0.22

0.22

3.33

4.              AFP

ng/mL

2.95

1.91

3.61

3.20

1.55

5.              Apolipoprotein A1

mg/mL

0.38

0.35

0.37

0.32

1.07

6.              Apolipoprotein CIII

ug/mL

105.0

89.6

92.8

81.4

1.17

7.              Apolipoprotein H

ug/mL

279.1

255.2

259.9

225.0

1.09

8.              β-2 Microglobulin

ug/mL

2.15

2.00

2.00

1.80

1.07

9.              BDNF

ng/mL

20.62

2.46

2.14

1.20

8.38

10.           Complement 3

mg/mL

1.51

1.35

1.37

1.21

1.11

11.           CA 125

U/mL

8.43

6.86

8.38

8.60

1.23

12.           CA 19-9

U/mL

4.34

1.61

8.74

5.76

2.69

13.           Calcitonin 

pg/mL

2.05

<1.0

<1.0

4.28

nd

14.           CEA

ng/mL

1.08

0.93

1.15

1.12

1.17

15.           CK-MB 

ng/mL

0.50

<0.15

3.16

1.23

nd

16.           CRP

ug/mL

8.22

8.27

6.71

7.44

0.99

17.           EGF

pg/mL

157.8

3.6

9.3

5.9

44.32

18.           ENA-78

ng/mL

1.40

0.39

0.59

0.24

3.59

19.           Endothelin-1

pg/mL

<2.2

8.97

<2.2

<2.2

nd

20.           Eotaxin

pg/mL

105.5

36.1

236.3

48.6

2.92

21.           Erythropoietin

pg/mL

<48

<48

<48

<48

nd

22.           FABP

ng/mL

1.44

1.13

2.03

1.65

1.27

23.           Factor VII

ng/mL

456.1

276.2

775.8

609.7

1.65

24.           Ferritin

ng/mL

192.2

181.8

188.5

158.1

1.06

25.           FGF basic

pg/mL

113.5

84.9

122.5

114.8

1.34

26.           Fibrinogen

mg/mL

0.01

3.66

3.25

3.33

0.00

27.           HGH

ng/mL

3.83

3.26

3.96

3.37

1.17

28.           GM-CSF

pg/mL

49.64

53.32

89.48

58.05

0.93

29.           GST

ng/mL

1.15

0.39

1.76

1.25

2.99

30.           ICAM-1

ng/mL

140.5

117.9

170.8

150.4

1.19

31.           IgA

mg/mL

3.61

3.35

3.48

3.01

1.08

32.           IgE 

ng/mL

166.5

109.4

114.3

147.9

1.52

33.           IgM

mg/mL

1.61

1.47

1.52

1.32

1.09

34.           IL-1 α

ng/mL

0.24

0.25

0.52

0.39

0.98

35.           IL-1 β

pg/mL

3.67

3.86

5.10

4.49

0.95

36.           IL-2

pg/mL

<7.8

26.17

12.70

<7.8

nd

37.           IL-3

ng/mL

1.05

1.03

2.02

1.39

1.02

38.           IL-4

pg/mL

40.12

44.67

64.52

46.39

0.90

39.           IL-5

pg/mL

28.45

37.16

85.66

45.63

0.77

40.           IL-6

pg/mL

<7.0

<7.0

<7.0

7.77

nd

41.           IL-7

pg/mL

50.50

70.34

97.39

65.56

0.72

42.           IL-8

pg/mL

25.03

7.02

9.11

<1.6

3.57

43.           IL-10

pg/mL

15.53

17.36

32.04

20.18

0.89

44.           IL-12p40

ng/mL

1.46

1.30

3.35

1.86

1.12

45.           IL-12p70

pg/mL

69.25

73.44

93.41

79.47

0.94

46.           IL-13

pg/mL

93.68

92.78

166.75

112.91

1.01

47.           IL-15

ng/mL

2.30

1.96

2.98

2.33

1.17

48.           IL-16

pg/mL

819.6

611.3

845.3

677.5

1.34

49.           Insulin

uIU/mL

7.14

6.11

9.60

7.68

1.17

50.           Leptin

ng/mL

10.22

8.65

11.57

10.20

1.18

51.           Lipoprotein (a)

ug/mL

324.2

290.0

307.5

252.4

1.12

52.           Lymphotactin

ng/mL

0.12

0.30

0.19

0.26

0.39

53.           MCP-1

pg/mL

341.8

84.5

258.3

106.3

4.05

54.           MDC

pg/mL

453.8

326.4

320.3

303.5

1.39

55.           MIP-1 α

pg/mL

9.44

6.54

13.17

7.20

1.44

56.           MIP-1 β

pg/mL

222.5

81.7

84.9

60.1

2.72

57.           MMP-2

ng/mL

144.7

278.0

116.8

107.7

0.52

58.           MMP-3

ng/mL

9.98

<0.078

11.74

9.28

nd

59.           MMP-9

ng/mL

<3.5

65.49

<3.5

3.70

nd

60.           Myoglobin

ng/mL

11.28

10.71

10.42

8.96

1.05

61.           PAI-1

ng/mL

93.56

33.38

34.23

24.82

2.80

62.           PAP

ng/mL

0.52

0.21

0.32

0.25

2.52

63.           PSA, Free

ng/mL

0.21

0.24

0.22

0.24

0.86

64.           RANTES

ng/mL

29.91

14.95

8.02

5.17

2.00

65.           Serum Amyloid P

ug/mL

34.15

34.13

32.63

30.04

1.00

66.           Stem Cell Factor

pg/mL

124.7

60.1

112.5

64.3

2.07

67.           SGOT

ug/mL

1.69

14.58

<0.24

<0.24

0.12

68.           TBG

ug/mL

76.84

75.38

77.07

68.90

1.02

69.           Tissue Factor

ng/mL

1.00

<0.4

<0.4

0.78

nd

70.           TIMP-1

ng/mL

206.9

92.9

101.0

79.9

2.23

71.           TNF RII

ng/mL

91.57

77.06

82.13

68.29

1.19

72.           TNF-α

pg/mL

5.41

4.58

5.95

4.71

1.18

73.           TNF-β

pg/mL

31.90

21.95

37.66

31.05

1.45

74.           Thrombopoietin

ng/mL

2.97

4.20

2.93

2.05

0.71

75.           TSH

uIU/mL

1.86

1.38

1.99

1.63

1.35

76.           VCAM-1

ng/mL

547.8

518.8

533.9

469.8

1.06

77.           VEGF

pg/mL

354.8

122.0

266.8

200.9

2.91

78.           vWF

ug/mL

16.50

18.97

15.57

18.50

0.87