Table 1

Cut-off limits for the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency for six commercially available growth hormone assays and one mass spectrometry assay

AssayCut-off limit (µg/L)
Immulite 2000 (Siemens)7.77
AutoDELFIA (Perkin-Elmer)7.44
Mass Spectrometry T12 fragment7.43
iSYS (IDS)7.09
Liasion (DiaSorin)6.25
Mass Spectrometry T6 fragment5.48
Dxl (Beckman Coulter)5.15
ELISA (Mediagnost)5.14
BC-IRMA (Beckman Coulter)4.32
  • Data taken from Wagner et al.4