Haematology and immunology
Haemoglobin, g/dL
Laboratory haematology analyser (reference) replaced by Point of care haemoglobin meter B (community clinic setting). 100 paired results.
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Comparison line
The new system reads 4.4% lower than the old system on average. The comparison line has a slope of 1.031 (95% interval 0.938 to 1.143) and an intercept of -0.627.
Fig. 1. The comparison line against the line of no change, over the range of the decision limits (8, 12, 13 g/dL). Dots mark where each line meets each limit; the gap between them is the bias at that limit.
Crossing each limit
Results that moved across a decision limit when the new system replaced the old, against the number repeat testing on one unchanged system would move. The program reports the count across all limits together.
All decision limits together (8, 12, 13 g/dL)
Crossed after the change: 37
Expected from repeat testing alone: about 62
Grade and warnings
- Re-test band: full (at least the protocol minimum of pairs).
- Band half-width around each limit: 1.16%.
- Results re-tested on data the band was not fitted to, median: 14%.
- Repeat-test imprecision: measured, precision file (patient-sample replicates, 5 per sample), the larger of the two systems.
- Warning from the program: The change moved fewer than 5 more people across a line than repeat testing alone would; excess caught is not meaningful here.
Source
Data: Huub Gelderblom (2016). Performance characteristics of three point of care hemoglobin meters in Durban-2.xlsx. figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.3119449 (opens in a new tab). Licence: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Supplement to Jaggernath M, Naicker R, Madurai S, Brockman MA, Ndung'u T, Gelderblom HC (2016). PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152184 (opens in a new tab); PMC4821624 (opens in a new tab) (title on the source page; it names the instruments). Changes: Paired results re-analysed by NakedSignal's program; instruments described generically; only derived results are shown. The deposit names the systems.
Show the numbers
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Paired results used | 100 |
| Comparison line slope | 1.030769 |
| Slope, 95% interval | 0.9375 to 1.142944 |
| Comparison line intercept | -0.626923 |
| Mean difference, new minus old, as % of old | -4.415 |
| Decision limits (g/dL) | 8, 12, 13 |
| Crossed after the change | 37 |
| Expected from repeat testing alone | 62.32 |
| Band half-width (%) | 1.16 |
| Re-tested, unseen data, median (%) | 13.5 |
| Re-tested, unseen data, range (%) | 9 to 19 |
| Excess caught, line and band (%) | none |
| Excess caught, line alone (%) | none |