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Table 3 Nonparametric correlation coefficients between the free hemoglobin concentrations obtained with four different methods.

From: Free hemoglobin concentration in severe sepsis: methods of measurement and prediction of outcome

Assay method

ELISA

Harboe [13]

Noe [14]

Fairbanks [15]

ELISA

1

0.407

0.412

0.408

 

1a

0.534a

0.510a

0.484a

 

1b

0.552b

0.528b

0.512b

Harboe

0.407

1

0.937

0.552

 

0.534a

1a

0.988a

0.806a

 

0.552b

1b

0.989b

0.774b

Noe

0.412

0.937

1

0.557

 

0.510a

0.988a

1a

0.791a

 

0.528b

0.989b

1b

0.771b

Fairbanks

0.408

0.552

0.557

1

 

0.484a

0.806a

0.791a

1a

 

0.512b

0.774b

0.771b

1b

  1. Nonparametric correlation coefficients for postoperative patients are given without superscript letters; acoefficients for septic patients; bcoefficients obtained from all patients. Significance levels according to Spearman-Rho were lower than 0.001 for all correlations.