These were not included among the 113 samples in the Blantyre count/Panleucogate agreement study.
There was statistically significant heterogeneity in the agreement rates across studies (p=4×10−8 for Q statistic).
The application of group-sequential design methodology in agreement studies should be considered when planning agreement studies in the future.
Although kappa was not calculated for exact inter-observer agreement in the Davis study, the exact agreement between the graders only occurred 48 ± 7.6 % of the time [11].
In the present study, agreement with expert diagnosis was not significantly different between the CAM-ICU and the ICDSC.
In the present study agreement was estimated using the repeatability coefficient.
In the present study, agreement in terms of kappa values was 0.52 for the presence of an impact as detected by OHIP-14 and 0.66 for OIDP.
In the present study, the agreement between the examiners was not perfect on the individual level.
In the study in agreement with our results, contractions were measured over 3 75% range for 10 females.
The agreement measures in the current study therefore reflect differences in both the equipment used and the dust composition.
