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Table 4 Mean recovery rates and coefficients of variation obtained from recovery experiments

From: Three-channel ion chromatograph for improved metabolic evaluation of urolithiasis

 

New ion chromatograph

Control group

Mean recovery rate

Variation coefficient (%)

Mean recovery rate (%)

Variation coefficient (%)

Mean recovery rate (%)

Variation coefficient (%)

t value

P value

t value

P value

Oxalate

100.5 ± 1.04

2.86 ± 0.21

100.6 ± 1.04

2.84 ± 0.19

− 1.044

0.299

0.821

0.414

Citrate

100.4 ± 1.05

1.05 ± 0.11

100.6 ± 1.17

1.04 ± 0.10

− 1.197

0.234

0.498

0.620

Calcium

100.5 ± 1.08

1.31 ± 0.29

100.4 ± 1.01

1.31 ± 0.29

0.324

0.747

0.159

0.874

Magnesium

100.6 ± 1.11

2.00 ± 0.41

100.5 ± 1.12

2.00 ± 0.41

0.478

0.634

− 0.344

0.732

Uric acid

100.5 ± 1.01

1.35 ± 0.37

100.5 ± 1.11

1.35 ± 0.38

− 0.203

0.839

− 0.366

0.715