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JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages 2034-2037Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jth.12732
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anticardiolipin antibody; antiphospholipid antibodies; antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; beta 2-Glycoprotein I; chemiluminescence
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BackgroundThe HemosIL AcuStar antiphospholipid assay (Instrumentation Laboratory, Bedford, MA, USA) is a fully automated assay using chemiluminescent technology for the detection of anticardiolipin and anti-beta(2) glycoprotein-1 antibodies. This assay showed excellent agreement between results of different laboratories. The cutoff values to define positivity were calculated in 250 healthy blood bank donors but were associated with large confidence intervals (CIs). ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to more precisely determine the cutoff values of the HemosIL AcuStar antiphospholipid assay by increasing the number of healthy blood bank donors through a multicenter study and by applying a normalization procedure of the distribution of each antibody. MethodsFive laboratories participated to this study, allowing the inclusion of 626 samples. We used a Box-Cox power transformation method to normalize the distribution and calculate the 99th percentile and the corresponding 95%CI for each antibody. ResultsThe revised cutoff values were overall lower than those initially calculated with more stringent CIs and yielded a 4.2% increase in sensitivity with a 2.7% decrease in specificity regarding thrombotic events or obstetric complications. ConclusionsWe provide refined cutoff values for the detection of anticardiolipin and anti-beta(2) glycoprotein-1 antibodies with the HemosIL AcuStar Antiphospholipid assay that should be preferred for routine use.
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