Total 25-OH vitamin D was measured in plasma containing high (> 25 nmol/l or > 50 % , n = 26) and low (< 2.5 nmol/l, n = 29) 25-OH vitamin D2 using DiaSorin Liaison and an LC-MS/MS method using NIST 972-verified calibrators. Samples were classified as vitamin D adequate (total 25-OH vitamin D ¡Ý 50 nmol/l), and inadequate or deficient (< 50 nmol/l) by each method. Deming and multiple linear regression were used to compare methods.
Samples were significantly more likely to be classified as inadequate or deficient by DiaSorin Liaison (36 % ) vs LC-MS/MS (9 % ). This increased in the presence of high 25-OH vitamin D2 (42 % vs 0 % ). Total 25-OH vitamin D by DiaSorin Liaison was 26.0 nmol/l lower than LC-MS/MS, which increased to 34.1 nmol/l among samples with high 25-OH vitamin D2. This was attributed to lower recovery of 25-OH vitamin D2 (proportional bias = 0.64 nmol/l) by DiaSorin Liaison, independent of D3 (proportional bias = 0.86 nmol/l).
Patients were more likely to be classified as vitamin D inadequate or deficient by DiaSorin Liaison compared to an LC-MS/MS method, which was in part due to the presence of 25-OH vitamin D2.