Quality Assessment of Total Cholestrol Measurements in the WHO MONICA Project

Table 16. Summary score of total data quality for trend analysis (see Section 7)
RRS - storage in refrigerator score
DFS - storage in deep freezer score
SACS - storage after centrifuging score
SVS - seasonal variation score
PBDS - posture of blood drawing score
PSDS - plasma-serum difference score
TCPASS - pre-analytic summary score
TCEQASS - external quality assessment score
TCOSS - total cholesterol overall summary score
RUA Survey RRS DFS SACS SVS PBDS PSDS TCPASS TCEQASS TCOSS
AUS-NEWa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 1
1		 2
2		 1
1		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1
1		 2
2		 1.5
1.5
AUS-PERa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 1
1		 2
2		 1
1		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1.5
1.5		 0
0		 0
0
BEL-CHAa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1.5
1.5
BEL-GHEa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1.5
1.5
CAN-HALa Ini-Fin 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1.5
CHN-BEIa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1.5
1.5
CZE-CZEa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2
DEN-GLOa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1.5		 1
1		 1.5
1.25
FIN-KUOa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
1		 2
2		 2
1		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1.5		 1
1		 1.5
1.25
FIN-NKAa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
1		 2
2		 2
1		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1.5		 1
1		 1.5
1.25
RUA Survey RRS DFS SACS SVS PBDS PSDS TCPASS TCEQASS TCOSS
FIN-TULa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
1		 2
2		 2
1		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1.5		 1
1		 1.5
1.25
FRA-LILa Ini-Fin 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1.5
FRA-STRa Ini-Fin 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
FRA-TOUa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1.5
1.5		 1
1		 1.25
1.25
GER-AURa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2
GER-AUUa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2
GER-BREa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1.5
1.5
GER-EGEb Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 2
2		 2
2		 1.5
1.5		 0
0		 0
0
GER-ERFa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 0
0		 2
2		 2
2		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
ICE-ICEa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1.5		 1
1		 1.5
1.25
ITA-BRIa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1.5
1.5
RUA Survey RRS DFS SACS SVS PBDS PSDS TCPASS TCEQASS TCOSS
ITA-FRIb Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 2
2		 2
2		 1.5
1.5		 1
1		 1.25
1.25
ITA-FRIc Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 2
2		 2
2		 1.5
1.5		 1
1		 1.25
1.25
LTU-KAUa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 0
0		 0
0
NEZ-AUCa Ini-Fin 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1.5
POL-TARa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 0
0		 0
0		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 0
0		 2
2		 0
0
POL-WARa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1		 2
1.5
RUS-MOCa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 2
2		 2
2		 1.5
1.5		 0
0		 0
0
RUS-MOIa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1.5		 0
0		 0
0
RUS-NOCa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 2
2		 2
2		 1.5
1.5		 0
0		 0
0
RUA Survey RRS DFS SACS SVS PBDS PSDS TCPASS TCEQASS TCOSS
RUS-NOIa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 2
2		 2
2		 1.5
1.5		 0
0		 0
0
SPA-CATa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1.5
1.5
SWE-GOTa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1		 2
2		 2
2		 2
1.5		 0
0		 0
0
SWE-NSWa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 0
0		 0
0
SWI-TICa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 0
0		 0
0
SWI-VAFa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1.5
1.5		 0
0		 0
0
UNK-BELa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1.5
1.5
UNK-GLAa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 2
2		 2
2		 1.5
1.5		 2
2		 1.75
1.75
USA-STAa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 1
1		 1.5
1.5
YUG-NOSa Ini-Fin
Ini-Mid-Fin		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 2
2		 0
0		 0
0
RUA Survey RRS DFS SACS SVS PBDS PSDS TCPASS TCEQASS TCOSS