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. 2008 Aug;19(8):1592–1598. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2007040449

Table 3.

Agreement between iCa concentration and the other estimators of blood calcium concentrationa

iCa Noncorrected tCa Albumin-Corrected Ca, Formula 1 Albumin-Corrected Ca, Formula 2
Overall (n = 691)
    agreement 545 547 549
    underestimation 76 69 58
    overestimation 70 75 84
    κ coefficient (95% CI) 0.29 (0.20 to 0.38) 0.28 (0.19 to 0.37) 0.25 (0.16 to 0.34)
Low (n = 109)
    agreement 44 39 32
    sensitivity/specificity (%) 40.4/90.7 35.8/91.2 29.4/93.8
High (n = 28)
    agreement 6 6 6
    sensitivity/specificity (%) 21.4/99.2 21.4/99.2 21.4/98.8
Normal (n = 554)
    agreement 495 502 511
    overestimation 5 5 7
    underestimation 54 47 36
a

CI, confidence interval.