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. 2007 Sep 11;335(7624):815. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.464016.AE

Table 2.

 Audit results

κ (95% CI)
ISAAC questions (n=190)
Ever had wheezing 0.77 (0.61 to 0.92)
Wheezing in past 12 months 0.74 (0.59 to 0.90)
Ever had asthma 0.66 (0.52 to 0.81)
Ever had hay fever symptoms 0.88 (0.73 to 1.00)
Hay fever symptoms in past 12 months 0.92 (0.77 to 1.00)
Recurrent itchy rash 0.53 (0.39 to 0.67)
Ever had eczema 0.50 (0.36 to 0.63)
Skin prick test antigens (n=54)
House dust mite 0.78 (0.49 to 1.00)
Cat 0.59 (0.30 to 0.87)
Birch pollen 0.49 (0.21 to 0.78)
Mixed northern grasses 0.94 (0.65 to 1.00)
Alternaria 0.55 (0.26 to 0.84)

ISAAC=international study of asthma and allergy in childhood.