Relationships between paraspinal muscle morphology and neurocompressive conditions of the lumbar spine: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Table 2 Full text screening and risk of bias agreement

Agreement for full text screening
	Examiners 1 & 2	Examiners 1 & 3	Examiners 1 & 4	Overall
N (articles)	126	65	88	279
% agreement	83%	88%	86%	86%
κ [CI (95%)]	0.68 [0.53-0.80]	0.75 [0.58-0.91]	0.73 [0.57-0.86]	0.71 [0.63-0.80]
Agreement for risk of bias analysis
ROB section	Reporting	External Validity	Internal Validity	Overall
N (questions)^a	224	168	84	476
% agreement	83%	81%	73%	81%
κ [CI (95%)]	0.51 [0.38-0.63]	0.63 [0.52-0.74]	0.43 [0.28-0.62]	0.58 [0.51-0.65]

κ Kappa coefficient, CI confidence intervals, N number of questions
^aBased on number of questions asked per section x 28 articles selected for neurocompression subgroup

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