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. 2002 Nov;51(5):671–676. doi: 10.1136/gut.51.5.671

Table 3.

Interobserver agreement (kappa statistics) for a diagnosis of high grade dysplasia, intramucosal adenocarcinoma, and submucosal adenocarcinoma—second histological assessment (n=75)

Reading Overall kappa Individual kappa 95% CI Interpretation
All observers 0.65 0.56–0.74 Good
    HGD 0.62 0.49–0.75 Good
    IMC 0.52 0.39–0.65 Moderate
    SMC 0.82 0.69–0.95 Very good
GI-1/GI-2 0.68 0.52–0.84 Good
GI-1/GSP 0.62 0.46–0.78 Good
GI-2/GSP 0.65 0.49–0.81 Good

GI-1/GI-2, gastrointestinal pathologists 1 and 2; GSP, general surgical pathologist; HGD, high grade dysplasia; IMC, intramucosal adenocarcinoma; SMC, submucosal adenocarcinoma; Kappa, kappa coefficient; 95% CI, confidence interval.