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Table 3 Inter-observer reliability of vertebral osteosclerosis (К) between different observers (W, K, B, and U) and for different spinal segments (L1/2 to L5/S1)

From: Evaluation criteria for the assessment of occupational diseases of the lumbar spine - how reliable are they? -

Segment

Observers

W/K

W/B

W/U

K/B

K/U

B/U

Mean

L1/L2

0,462

0,425

0,423

0,449

0,315

0,357

0,405

L2/L3

0,438

0,462

0,420

0,419

0,479

0,478

0,449

L3/L4

0,438

0,369

0,305

0,391

0,434

0,422

0,393

L4/L5

0,444

0,457

0,396

0,486

0,493

0,450

0,454

L5/S1

0,484

0,480

0,394

0,403

0,391

0,417

0,428

Mean

0,453

0,439

0,388

0,430

0,422

0,425

0,426