Table 3 Ct descriptive statistics obtained by BestKeeper

Arithmetic mean (Ct)

18.99

20.58

26.01

19.58

25.07

Geometric mean (Ct)

18.96

20.57

26.00

19.57

25.06

Min (Ct)

17.22

19.39

25.16

18.69

24.09

Max (Ct)

20.76

21.93

27.09

20.68

26.02

MAD (± Ct)

1.034

0.762

0.452

0.413

0.503

CV (% Ct)

5.44

3.70

1.74

2.11

2.01

Min (x-fold)

-3.34

-2.26

-1.79

-1.84

-1.96

Max (x-fold)

3.49

2.58

2.13

2.16

1.95

MAD (± x-fold)

2.05

1.70

1.37

1.33

1.42

n

18

18

18

18

18