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Table 3 Variance components show relative importance of factors for repeated measurements by qPCR

From: Sources of variability in the measurement of Ascaris lumbricoides infection intensity by Kato-Katz and qPCR

 

% variance explained

AIC when item excluded, relative to 13,947 for full model

Chi-square value (1 degree of freedom) and P-value for comparison with full model

Stool donor

92.4

15,322

χ 2 = 1376, P < 0.0001****

Extraction

1.7

14,037

χ 2 = 92, P < 0.0001****

Plate

0.2

13,955

χ 2 = 10, P = 0.001***

Well

0.0

13,945

χ 2 = 0, P = 1

IAC level

0.7

13,949

χ 2 = 4, P = 0.04 *

Residual

5.0

  
  1. Abbreviation: AIC Akaike information criterion
  2. *P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.001; ****P ≤ 0.0001