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. 2012 Aug 10;36(11):2367–2371. doi: 10.1007/s00264-012-1637-z

Table 3.

Kappa scores for each variable

Tendons FS FA N RVC V DCS H
All 0.65 0.88 0.70 0.64 0.77 0.66 0.64
Ruptured 0.70 0.89 0.71 0.61 0.74 0.65 0.68
Control 0.62 0.84 0.68 0.69 0.80 0.69 0.62

1 indicates a perfect match and 0 represents no match

FS fibre structure, FA fibre arrangement, N rounding of the nuclei, RVC regional variations in cellularity, V increased vascularity, DCS decreased collagen stainability, H hyalinisation