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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Mar 3;35(4):619–627. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.12.033

Table 5.

Reliability of each image type used to detect intra-articular hardware.

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Standard
Raters Kappa (95% CI) AUC (95% CI) Sn (95% CI)
Sp (95% CI)
absent present total
PA absent 64 10 74 0.80 (0.70, 0.90) 90% (85%, 95%) Sn=93% (85%, 98%)
Sp=86% (77%, 93%)
present 5 70 75
total 69 80 149
Lateral absent 40 35 75 0.15 (−0.01, 0.30) 58% (50%, 66%) Sn=61% (49%, 72%)
Sp=53% (41%, 65%)
present 29 46 75
total 69 81 150
11° PA absent 60 15 75 0.71 (0.59, 0.82) 86% (80%, 91%) Sn=91% (82%, 96%)
Sp=80% (69%, 88%)
present 7 68 75
total 67 83 150
22°
Lateral
absent 71 4 75 0.57 (0.45, 0.70) 79% (73%, 85%) Sn=63% (51%, 74%)
Sp=95% (87%, 99%)
present 28 47 75
total 99 51 150
Neutral
Movie
absent 72 3 75 0.89 (0.82, 0.97) 95% (91%, 98%) Sn=93% (85%, 98%)
Sp=96% (89%, 99%)
present 5 70 75
total 77 73 150
22° Tilt
Movie
absent 68 7 75 0.81 (0.72, 0.91) 91% (86%, 95%) Sn=91% (82%, 96%)
Sp=91% (82%, 96%)
present 7 68 75
total 75 75 150
PA/Lat absent 57 18 75 0.69 (0.58, 0.81) 85% (79%, 90%) Sn=93% (85%, 98%)
Sp=76% (65%, 85%)
present 5 70 75
total 62 88 150
11° PA /
22° Lat
absent 67 8 75 0.81 (0.72, 0.91) 91% (86%, 95%) Sn=92% (83%, 97%)
Sp=89% (80%, 95%)
present 6 69 75
total 73 77 150

Sn = sensitivity, Sp=specificity, AUC=area under ROC curve, 95%CI=confidence interval