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Table 1 Intra- and inter-observer · reliability

From: Semi-quantitative MRI biomarkers of knee osteoarthritis progression in the FNIH biomarkers consortium cohort − Methodologic aspects and definition of change

  

Weighted kappa

Standard error

95 % confidence interval

Weighted kappa

Standard error

95 % confidence interval

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

  

Intra-observer reliability

Inter-observer reliability

Cartilage area involvement (0–3)

Whole knee

0.87

0.054

0.76

0.97

0.89

0.053

0.78

0.99

Medial TFJ

0.84

0.092

0.66

1.00

0.87

0.090

0.69

1.00

Lateral TFJ

0.89

0.092

0.71

1.00

0.96

0.093

0.78

1.00

PFJ

0.86

0.094

0.68

1.00

0.82

0.094

0.64

1.00

Cartilage % of subregion affected by full thickness damage (0–3)

Whole knee

0.78

0.056

0.67

0.89

0.86

0.055

0.75

0.96

Medial TFJ

0.73

0.091

0.56

0.91

0.84

0.095

0.65

1.00

Lateral TFJ

0.73

0.096

0.54

0.92

0.79

0.093

0.61

0.97

PFJ

0.85

0.101

0.65

1.00

0.92

0.100

0.73

1.00

BML size (0–3)

Whole knee

0.87

0.050

0.77

0.97

0.90

0.050

0.80

1.00

Medial TFJ

0.84

0.081

0.68

1.00

0.90

0.082

0.74

1.00

Lateral TFJ

0.90

0.087

0.73

1.00

0.90

0.086

0.73

1.00

PFJ

0.87

0.093

0.69

1.00

0.89

0.092

0.71

1.00

Meniscus Morphology (0–8)

Whole knee

0.97

0.085

0.81

1.00

0.99

0.085

0.82

1.00

Medial TFJ

0.97

0.112

0.74

1.00

1.00

0.120

0.76

1.00

Lateral TFJ

0.97

0.121

0.73

1.00

0.97

0.121

0.73

1.00

Meniscus Extrusiona(0–3)

Medial

0.83

0.226

0.38

1.00

0.58

0.208

0.17

0.99

Lateral

0.88

0.228

0.44

1.00

0.76

0.222

0.32

1.00

Hoffa-Synovitis (0–3)

 

0.68

0.157

0.38

0.99

0.68

0.157

0.38

0.99

Effusion-Synovitis (0–3)

 

0.95

0.174

0.61

1.00

0.91

0.171

0.57

1.00

  1. aSimple kappa for meniscal extrusion: dichotomized into 0 and 1–3 (>2 mm)