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Table 1 MPA concentration measured by PETINIA and LC-MS/MS by sampling times

From: Comparison of PETINIA and LC-MS/MS for determining plasma mycophenolic acid concentrations in Japanese lung transplant recipients

Sampling Time (h)

Number

MPA Concentration Measured by PETINIA, Mean ± SD (μg/mL)

MPA Concentration Measured by LC-MS/MS, Mean ± SD (μg/mL)

Wilcoxon signed rank test

0

20

1.89±1.35

1.46±1.05

P < 0.0001

0.5

20

3.24±3.02

2.82±3.07

P < 0.0001

2

20

4.64±2.87

4.17±2.91

P = 0.0024

0, 0.5, 2

60

3.26±2.73

2.82±2.71

P < 0.0001

Sampling Time (h)

Passing–Bablok

Bland–Altman

Slope (95% CI)

Intercept (95% CI)

Bias (95% CI) (μg/mL)

Bias (95% CI) (%)

0

1.242 (1.131–1.392)

0.054 (− 0.139–0.193)

0.44 (0.27–0.60)

31.83 (24.37–39.28)

0.5

1.014 (0.944–1.153)

0.306 (0.141–0.483)

0.42 (0.25–0.59)

28.19 (18.31–38.06)

2

1.044 (0.920–1.126)

0.417 (0.185–0.692)

0.47 (0.17–0.78)

18.54 (10.69–26.40)

0, 0.5, 2

1.104 (1.036–1.150)

0.229 (0.144–0.315)

0.44 (0.32–0.56)

26.25 (21.43–31.07)