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. 2012 May;14(5):333–340. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00454.x

Table 2.

Inter- and intra-observer variation in scoring of hepatic injuries in a cohort of 232 hepatic resection samples

Parameter Pathologist A.P. vs. pathologist W.M. Pathologist A.P. 1st score vs. 2nd score


n Spearman's correlation co-efficient (P-value) n Spearman's correlation co-efficient (P-value)
Steatosis 232 0.84 (<0.0001) 62 0.92 (<0.0001)
Steatohepatitis
 Portal fibrosis 226 0.39 (<0.0001) 62 0.55 (<0.0001)
 Perisinusoidal fibrosis 226 0.41 (<0.0001) 62 0.74 (<0.0001)
 Lobular inflammation 232 0.39 (<0.0001) 62 0.56 (<0.0001)
 Mallory bodies 232 −0.02 (0.82) 62 1.0 (<0.0001)
 Hepatocyte ballooning 232 −0.10 (0.13) 62 0.33 (0.009)
Sinusoidal injury (SI) 232 0.53 (<0.0001) 62 0.52 (<0.0001)
Other SI features
 NRH 232 0.28 (<0.0001) 62 0.46 (<0.0001)
 Extravasated RBC 232 0.3 (<0.0001) 62 (not estimated)
 HCN 232 −0.02 (0.79) 62 1.0 (<0.0001)

SI, sinusoidal injury; NRH, nodular regenerative hyperplasia; RBC, red blood cells; HCN, haemorrhagic centrilobular necrosis.