Table 2.
Intra-observer agreement of thyroid gland diameters and thyroid volume (Tvol) measured by portable ultrasound in children aged 6-14 years (n = 12).
| Right lobe | Left lobe | Tvol | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ML | AP | CC | ML | AP | CC | ||
| Examiner 1 | |||||||
| ICC* | 0.67 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.97 |
| (95% CI) | (0.20, 0.89) | (0.65, 0.96) | (0.67, 0.97) | (0.59, 0.96) | (0.42, 0.93) | (0.33, 0.92) | (0.91, 0.99) |
| Examiner 2 | |||||||
| ICC* | 0.67 | 0.55 | 0.28 | 0.54 | 0.63 | 0.72 | 0.86 |
| (95% CI) | (0.21, 0.89) | (0.02, 0.85) | (-0.30, 0.72) | (0.02, 0.84) | (0.15, 0.88) | (0.30, 0.91) | (0.60, 0.96) |
*ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, one-way random model (measure of agreement)