Types of Testosterone Blood Tests available in New Zealand

[jacb]

What type of Testosterone Blood Tests are available in New Zealand?

Eg:
LC-MS/MS (Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry)
Automated Immunoassays (ECLIA, ELISA, CMIA)
Equilibrium Dialysis (Combined with LC-MS/MS)
Roche Elecsys Testo II immunoassay

I am surprised to see that Awanui Labs claim that their Roche Elecsys Testo II immunoassay test has comparable performance to an LC-MS/MS test. They give some technical test details in the information sheet found here:

Testosterone Requests

Nelson Virgil .. any thoughts re the Roche Elecsys Testo II test?

@Nelson Vergel
@madman

 

[madman]

What type of Testosterone Blood Tests are available in New Zealand?

Eg:
LC-MS/MS (Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry)
Automated Immunoassays (ECLIA, ELISA, CMIA)
Equilibrium Dialysis (Combined with LC-MS/MS)
Roche Elecsys Testo II immunoassay

I am surprised to see that Awanui Labs claim that their Roche Elecsys Testo II immunoassay test has comparable performance to an LC-MS/MS test. They give some technical test details in the information sheet found here:

Testosterone Requests

Nelson Virgil .. any thoughts re the Roche Elecsys Testo II test?

@Nelson Vergel
@madman

The Roche Elecsys Testo II performs much better than first-gen T immunoassays and the performance is greatly improved in women and children compared with older IAs.

Agreement with LC-MS/MS is generally good across the normal adult male range but keep in mind It is not equivalent to LC-MS/MS across all T concentrations especially at very low levels.

 

[jacb]

The Roche Elecsys Testo II performs much better than first-gen T immunoassays and the performance is greatly improved in women and children compared with older IAs.

Agreement with LC-MS/MS is generally good across the normal adult male range but keep in mind It is not equivalent to LC-MS/MS across all T concentrations especially at very low levels.

Thanks Madman that is reassuring, you can see how hard it is to get an LC-MS/MS test done here in NZ.

For NZ blood work Reference Ranges follow this link. Link