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. 2012 Aug 8;2012:505063. doi: 10.1155/2012/505063

Table 2.

A comparison of intraobserver agreements (kappa values) of the ATDS and TCM doctors.

Features ATDS TCM doctors (N = 12)
Tongue color∗∗∗ 1.00 0.39 ± 0.18
Fur color∗∗ 0.88 0.83 ± 0.04
Fur thickness∗∗ 1.00 0.68 ± 0.27
Tongue fissure∗∗ 0.90 0.72 ± 0.18
Red dot∗∗∗ 0.96 0.50 ± 0.15
Ecchymosis∗∗∗ 1.00 0.71 ± 0.57
Tooth mark∗∗∗ 0.94 0.59 ± 0.24
Saliva 0.86 0.58 ± 0.34
Tongue shape 0.84 0.81 ± 0.09

Mean 0.93 ± 0.06 0.64 ± 0.13

Note: one-sample t-test with significance of P < 0.05, ∗∗ P < 0.01, and ∗∗∗ P < 0.001; two-sample t-test with significance of P < 0.001.