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Table 3 Determination of accuracy and precision for formic acid, methanol and ethanol in human vitreous and whole blood

From: Simultaneous measurement of formic acid, methanol and ethanol in vitreous and blood samples of postmortem by headspace GC-FID

Concentration (mg/dl)

Within-day (nā€‰=ā€‰3)

Between-day (nā€‰=ā€‰3)

Meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD

Accuracy

Precision

Meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD

Accuracy

Precision

Formica acid (blood)

ā€ƒ0.5

0.49Ā Ā±Ā 0.02

98.0

4.08

0.49Ā Ā±Ā 0.01

99.3

2.32

ā€ƒ75

75.6Ā Ā±Ā 1.5

100.8

2.01

73Ā Ā±Ā 1

97.3

1.37

ā€ƒ150

153.6Ā Ā±Ā 6.1

102.4

3.97

153.6Ā Ā±Ā 7.7

102.4

5.01

Methanol (blood)

ā€ƒ50

54.2Ā Ā±Ā 4.7

101.8

3.75

48.8Ā Ā±Ā 1.04

97.6

2.13

ā€ƒ250

248.6Ā Ā±Ā 7.6

99.4

3.09

247.5Ā Ā±Ā 8.4

99.1

3.41

ā€ƒ500

491.6Ā Ā±Ā 47.2

98.3

9.61

503.3Ā Ā±Ā 35.4

100.6

7.04

Ethanol (blood)

ā€ƒ20

20.4Ā Ā±Ā 0.9

102.0

4.67

20.2Ā Ā±Ā 0.8

101.2

4.12

ā€ƒ100

97.5Ā Ā±Ā 7.6

97.5

7.89

98.8Ā Ā±Ā 9.2

98.8

9.3

ā€ƒ200

199.3Ā Ā±Ā 18.1

99.6

9.10

203.3Ā Ā±Ā 16.6

101.6

8.19

Formica acid (vitreous)

ā€ƒ0.5

0.5Ā Ā±Ā 0.01

101.1

3.34

0.5Ā Ā±Ā 0.01

100.8

3.37

ā€ƒ75

76.5Ā Ā±Ā 0.7

102.0

0.98

76.1Ā Ā±Ā 3.5

101.5

4.69

ā€ƒ150

148.7Ā Ā±Ā 4.1

99.2

2.77

150.5Ā Ā±Ā 4.8

100.3

3.20

Methanol (vitreous)

ā€ƒ50

49.2Ā Ā±Ā 1.6

98.5

3.32

50.3Ā Ā±Ā 2.7

100.7

5.47

ā€ƒ250

251.2Ā Ā±Ā 14.4

100.5

5.73

255.8Ā Ā±Ā 12.3

102.3

4.82

ā€ƒ500

499.1Ā Ā±Ā 35.5

99.8

7.12

506.6Ā Ā±Ā 33.2

101.4

6.57

Ethanol (vitreous)

ā€ƒ20

19.5Ā Ā±Ā 0.4

97.7

2.13

19.8Ā Ā±Ā 0.7

98.9

2.87

ā€ƒ100

99.5Ā Ā±Ā 5.07

99.5

5.09

100.2Ā Ā±Ā 4.36

100.2

4.36

ā€ƒ200

204.3Ā Ā±Ā 12.6

102.2

6.19

200.6Ā Ā±Ā 11.01

100.3

5.48