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Table 1 Bland–Altman parameters for agreement of percentages of lymphocyte and lymphocyte subsets between venous and capillary blood

From: Capillary blood as an alternative specimen for enumeration of percentages of lymphocyte subsets

Cells

Max value

Min value

Mean venous blood

Bias ± SD

Bias percentage from mean venous blood

95% LOA

LOA percentage from mean venous blood

Lymphocytes

46.34

11.99

27.64

− 0.13 ± 3.46

0.48

6.64, − 6.91

24.52

CD3+

75.69

48.54

64.40

− 1.27 ± 2.47

1.97

3.57, − 6.11

7.52

CD4+

41.86

19.74

30.87

− 0.96 ± 2.53

3.10

4.01, − 5.92

16.08

CD8+

41.22

17.08

26.07

0.10 ± 1.57

0.38

3.18, − 2.98

11.80

γδ TCR+

13.98

0.82

5.23

− 0.11 ± 0.76

2.15

1.37, − 1.60

28.35

CD3−CD56+

33.81

1.93

14.05

1.19 ± 2.59

8.48

6.26, − 3.87

36.06

CD3+CD56+

14.5

0.18

2.56

− 0.25 ± 1.37

9.77

2.43, − 2.93

104.71

CD19+

23.87

7.07

12.62

− 1.17 ± 1.97

9.27

2.68, − 5.02

30.53

CD4+CD25+Foxp3+

10.5

2.63

5.93

− 0.17 ± 0.71

2.93

1.22, − 1.57

23.47

  1. SD standard deviation, LOA limit of agreement, TCR T cell receptor