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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2011 Oct 15;129(8):1932–1939. doi: 10.1002/ijc.25858

Table 4.

Concordance between Reported Allergy and IgE levels: The Meningioma Consortium, 2006–2010

CASES
Reported allergies
None Any % Concordance κ *

Total IgE
   Normal 129 31 57 0.09
   Bord/Elev 97 38
   Total 295
CONTROLS
Reported allergies
None Any % Concordance κ *

Total IgE
   Normal 65 25 53 0.07
   Bord/Elev 66 36
   Total 192
*

κ ≥ 0.75, excellent agreement; κ = 0.40-0.75, intermediate agreement; κ ≤ 0.40, poor agreement.