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Table 2 Differences between the glucose concentrations analyzed by three different hand-held devices and the laboratory results using the Bland-Altman analysis method and Passing-Bablok regression analysis

From: Glucose concentration in capillary blood of dairy cows obtained by a minimally invasive lancet technique and determined with three different hand-held devices

Devicea

Capillary blood

Coccygeal blood

 

Passing-Bablok

Bland-Altman

Passing-Bablok

Bland-Altman

 

Slope (b)

CI95 b for b

Intercept (a)

CI95 for a

Bias (d)

SD of d

Slope (b)

CI95 for b

Intercept (a)

CI95 for a

Bias (d)

SD of d

FSP

0.73

0.67–0.80

29.30

26.70–31.67

−18.80

7.96

0.72

0.66–0.78

19.43

16.28–22.33

−4.89

6.31

GLX

0.82

0.75–0.88

19.57

16.67–23.00

−11.20

6.42

0.88

0.80–1.00

14.93

9.00–19.00

−9.98

6.67

WGC

0.41

0.34–0.50

24.53

17.50–30.64

20.82

15.41

0.40

0.34–0.47

23.00

17.16–28.09

24.64

15.19

  1. aFSP: FreeStyle Precision, (Abbott GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden, Germany), GLX: GlucoMen LX Plus (A. Menarini GmbH, Vienna, Austria), WGC: WellionVet GLUCO CALEA (MED TRUST Handelsges.m.b.H, Marz, Austria)
  2. bCI95: 95 % confidence interval