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. 2024 Mar 18;9(1):2364. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2364

Table 3: Comparison of outcomes in full linked cohort: Agreement between CIHI-DAD and BIS for parity, gestational age at birth (in weeks), and infant birthweight (among singleton livebirth deliveries).

Condition Mean (SD) Mean (SD) difference DAD - BIS Percent agreement (%) Weighted Kappa coefficient (95% CI)
DAD BIS Exact ±1 ±2 ≥±3
Parity 0.89 (1.1)a 0.91 (1.1)b -0.02 (0.32)c 94.7%c 4.6%c 0.5%c 0.02%c 0.940 (0.940 to 0.941)c
Gestational age at birth (in weeks) 38.7 (2.0) 38.8 (2.1) ‒0.01 (0.50) 89.3% 9.4% 0.8% 0.5% 0.929 (0.929 to 0.930)
Difference in grams (%) Intra-class coefficient
Exact ±1 to 500 ±501 to 1000 ±1001±
Birthweight (in grams) 3366.0 (552.2)d 3365.8 (564.6)e 1.0 (149.2)f 95.8%f 3.8%f 0.3%f 0.1%f 0.031

aLimited to 777,933 non-missing parity in CIHI-DAD.

bLimited to 768,620 non-missing parity in BIS.

cLimited to 768,575 non-missing parity on both CIHI-DAD and BIS linked records.

dLimited to 760,034 liveborn deliveries with recorded birthweight in CIHI-DAD.

eLimited to 760,534 liveborn deliveries with recorded birthweight in BIS.

fFurther limited to 756,119 liveborn deliveries with recorded birthweight in both CIHI-DAD and BIS.