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Table 6 Westgard scores for interference testing

From: Analytical validation of an mRNA-based urine test to predict the presence of high-grade prostate cancer

  

Westgard Score

  

Sample 1

Sample 2

Urine

Constituent

DLX1

HOXC6

KLK3

DLX1

HOXC6

KLK3

spiked with 20.000 LNCap cells/mL

Uric Acid

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bilirubin

0

0

0

0

0

0

Albumin

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hemoglobin

0

0

0

2

1

1

Human IgG

0

0

0

0

0

0

Red blood cells (RBC)

0

0

0

0

0

0

Leukocytes

0

0

0

0

0

0

spiked with 10.000 LNCap cells/mL

Uric Acid

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bilirubin

0

0

0

0

0

0

Albumin

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hemoglobin

0

0

0

2

2

1

Human IgG

0

1

1

1

0

1

Red blood cells (RBC)

0

0

0

0

0

0

Leukocytes

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. DLX1 Distal-less Homeobox 1, HOXC6 Homeobox C6, KLK3 Kallikrein-3, RBC red blood cells