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Table 4 Agreement between the first and second measures using the Boyd classification

From: Evaluation of mammographic density patterns: reproducibility and concordance among scales

Number of mammograms classified in each category in the first and second measurements

 

Second measure

First measure

A

B

C

D

E

F

Total

A = 0%

6

4

0

0

0

0

10

B = > 0-10*%

4

56

11

0

0

0

71

C = 10-25*%

0

16

50

13

0

0

79

D = 25-50*%

0

0

14

102

9

0

125

E = 50-75*%

0

0

0

14

48

6

68

F =75%

0

0

0

0

3

19

22

Total

10

76

75

129

60

25

375

Kappa-statistic estimation

Agreement

Kappa (95% CI)

Weighted Kappa (95% CI)

Kappa high/low risk (95% CI)

Observed %

Expected %

      

74.93

22.88

0.675 (0.616-0.733)

0.917 (0.898-0.933)

0.822 (0.754-0.891)

  1. Low risk categories:
  2. A: 0%
  3. B: > 0-10*%
  4. C: 10-25*%
  5. D: 25-50*%
  6. High risk categories:
  7. E: 50-75*%
  8. F: ≥75%
  9. *Upper bound excluded