Measurement batch differences and between-batch conversion of Alzheimer's disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarker values.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Batch differences in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker measurement can introduce bias into analyses for Alzheimer's disease studies. We evaluated and adjusted for batch differences using statistical methods.

Methods

A total of 792 CSF samples from 528 participants were assayed in three batches for 12 biomarkers and 3 biomarker ratios. Batch differences were assessed using Bland-Altman plot, paired t test, Pitman-Morgan test, and linear regression. Generalized linear models were applied to convert CSF values between batches.

Results

We found statistically significant batch differences for all biomarkers and ratios, except that neurofilament light was comparable between batches 1 and 2. The conversion models generally had high R ²

SUBMITTER: Ma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8144935 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature