Harmonizing the Calibrator and Microorganism Used in the Folate Microbiological Assay Increases the Comparability of Serum and Whole-Blood Folate Results in a CDC Round-Robin Study
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Harmonizing the Calibrator and Microorganism Used in the Folate Microbiological Assay Increases the Comparability of Serum and Whole-Blood Folate Results in a CDC Round-Robin Study

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      J Nutr
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      Background:

      Harmonizing critical reagents for the folate microbiological assay (MBA) may improve among-laboratory comparability.

      Objective:

      We assessed the comparability of the MBA for serum folate (S-FOL) and whole-blood folate (WB-FOL) in an international comparison study.

      Methods:

      Eight laboratories obtained a kit containing CDC microorganism inoculum (chloramphenicol-resistant Lactobacillus rhamnosus), CDC calibrator (5-methyltetrahydrofolate), and 23 serum and WB hemolysate samples each. Laboratories analyzed the samples in single measurement over 2 d using 4 conditions: in-house microorganism and in-house calibrator (IH-MO & IH-CAL), in-house microorganism and CDC calibrator (IH-MO & CDC-CAL), CDC microorganism and in-house calibrator (CDC-MO & IH-CAL), and CDC microorganism and CDC calibrator (CDC-MO & CDC-CAL). We calculated geometric mean concentrations for each laboratory and condition and compared data to the CDC MBA (target).

      Results:

      The among-laboratory arithmetic mean S-FOL concentrations for the 4 conditions were 30.2, 28.1, 30.0, and 29.9 (group1, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate IH-CAL) compared with 35.3, 33.3, 33.6, and 30.7 nmol/L (group 2, folic acid IH-CAL), respectively; and 428, 405, 398, and 393 (group 1) compared with 469, 423, 477, and 418 nmol/L (group 2), respectively, for WB-FOL. Differences to the CDC MBA target values were smaller for group 1 (range across conditions; S-FOL: 9.9–21%; WB-FOL: 9.0–18%) compared with group 2 laboratories (S-FOL: 13–30%; WB-FOL: 16–32%) and smaller when CDC reagents were used compared with in-house reagents (S-FOL: 12% compared with 22%; WB-FOL: 13% compared with 25%). A linear mixed model estimated a small microorganism effect (S-FOL: 2.3%; WB-FOL: 2.3%) and a larger mean calibrator effect; folic acid compared with 5-methyltetrahydrofolate calibrator produced 12% higher S-FOL and 15% higher WB-FOL results. When laboratories used CDC reagents, the estimated among-laboratory variability was ~10% for S-FOL and WB-FOL.

      Conclusion:

      Harmonizing the calibrator and microorganism for the folate MBA has the potential to improve the among-laboratory comparability in future surveys.

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      J Nutr. 148(5):807-817
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      30053280
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      PMC8479687
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      Journal Article
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      CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
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      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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      United States
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