Percentage of all repeated requests within specified time frame for common immunological tests over a 12 month period
| Same day | 1 week | 4 weeks | 12 weeks | 26 weeks | 52 weeks | Total* | No. of annual requests | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADNA, anti-double stranded DNA antibodies; AENA, anti-extractable nuclear antigen antibodies; AGPC, anti-gastric parietal cell antibodies; AMA, anti-mitochondrial antibodies; ANA, antinuclear antibodies; ASM, anti-smooth muscle antibodies; RF, rheumatoid factor. | ||||||||
| *Percentage of annual requests in parenthesis. | ||||||||
| ANA | 2.9 | 10 | 26.7 | 59.2 | 87.6 | 100 | 1092 (17.7) | 6161 |
| AENA | 3.4 | 16.6 | 34.1 | 61.6 | 85.78 | 100 | 440 (9.3) | 4742 |
| ADNA | 0.4 | 3.2 | 26.9 | 69.5 | 90.1 | 100 | 3829 (62.3) | 6150 |
| RF | 4.7 | 12.3 | 31.9 | 63.0 | 86.7 | 100 | 489 (12.7) | 3843 |
| AMA | 0.4 | 4.3 | 15.9 | 43.8 | 87.1 | 100 | 233 (16.3) | 1427 |
| ASM | 0.4 | 5.3 | 17.2 | 45.5 | 84.8 | 100 | 244 (18.6) | 1312 |
| AGPC | 0.6 | 33.3 | 53.3 | 80.0 | 93.3 | 100 | 15 (3) | 501 |
| IgG, IgA, IgM | 1.3 | 10.0 | 40.3 | 76.2 | 94.2 | 100 | 2889 (40.9) | 7059 |