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Table. 9.

Proficiency testing results for metanephrines

Variable Year Trial Specimen no. No. Median Minimum Maximum
Metanephrines, urine (ng/mL)
Metanephrine 2022 1st CMCM-22-01 8 546.3 489.8 615.9
CMCM-22-02 325.2 215.3 353.1
CMCM-22-03 84.3 19.3 97.6
2nd CMCM-22-04 8 282.3 279.0 332.4
CMCM-22-05 46.6 40.1 49.5
CMCM-22-06 562.5 520.0 638.2
2023 1st CMCM-23-01 8 53.9 43.2 54.5
CMCM-23-02 311.1 285.2 362.1
CMCM-23-03 562.3 484.1 683.0
2nd CMCM-23-04 8 541.6 443.4 699.3
CMCM-23-05 47.7 31.9 50.8
CMCM-23-06 292.2 282.5 332.8
Normaetanephrine 2022 1st CMCM-22-01 8 2,561.0 1,645.6 3,010.0
CMCM-22-02 877.0 570.9 978.0
CMCM-22-03 195.1 35.9 202.6
2nd CMCM-22-04 8 839.7 801.2 933.6
CMCM-22-05 105.4 96.5 126.0
CMCM-22-06 1,438.7 1,325.9 1,512.3
2023 1st CMCM-23-01 8 144.0 115.6 157.0
CMCM-23-02 976.2 897.3 1,142.6
CMCM-23-03 1,782.2 1,512.7 2,050.0
2nd CMCM-23-04 8 1,623.4 1,392.8 1,692.5
CMCM-23-05 166.1 101.8 175.2
CMCM-23-06 828.0 781.4 847.2
Metanephrines, plasma (nmol/L)
Metanephrine 2022 1st CMMP-22-01 10 8.77 7.06 10.99
CMMP-22-02 5.09 2.65 7.62
CMMP-22-03 0.27 0.18 2.39
2nd CMMP-22-04 9 0.07 0.05 0.44
CMMP-22-05 2.12 1.88 3.08
CMMP-22-06 1.09 0.97 1.40
2023 1st CMMP-23-01 11 2.13 1.90 462.37
CMMP-23-02 0.62 0.54 120.94
CMMP-23-03 0.08 0.04 18.27
2nd CMMP-23-04 12 0.06 0.00 0.32
CMMP-23-05 0.63 0.58 1.77
CMMP-23-06 1.39 1.30 3.14
Normaetanephrine 2022 1st CMMP-22-01 10 8.77 7.06 10.99
CMMP-22-02 5.09 2.65 7.62
CMMP-22-03 0.27 0.18 2.39
2nd CMMP-22-04 9 0.19 0.17 1.09
CMMP-22-05 11.20 9.95 13.00
CMMP-22-06 5.98 5.70 7.19
2023 1st CMMP-23-01 11 4.74 3.55 858.82
CMMP-23-02 1.40 1.15 227.27
CMMP-23-03 0.17 0.06 14.96
2nd CMMP-23-04 12 0.13 0.11 0.64
CMMP-23-05 1.48 1.09 2.94
CMMP-23-06 3.16 2.54 5.91
3-Methoxytyramine 2023 1st CMMP-23-01 3 2.05 1.97 2.26
CMMP-23-02 0.58 0.53 0.61
CMMP-23-03 0.06 0.01 0.09
2nd CMMP-23-04 3 0.06 0.03 0.06
CMMP-23-05 0.63 0.60 0.63
CMMP-23-06 1.43 1.41 1.44
Lab Med Qual Assur 2024;46:175~189 https://doi.org/10.15263/jlmqa.2024.46.4.175
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