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. 2013 Jan;19(1):29–34. doi: 10.1089/acm.2011.0612

Table 1.

Agreement Between Raters for All Subjects

Variable % Agreement Kappa (κ) CI of κ AC1 CI of AC1
Pulse location          
 Floating 77.66 0.36 (0.28, 0.44) 0.66 (0.60, 0.72)
 Sunken 82.67 0.30 (0.21, 0.40) 0.77 (0.73, 0.82)
Pulse rate          
 Slow 90.43 0.36 (0.24, 0.49) 0.89 (0.86, 0.92)
 Rapid 80.85 0.46 (0.38, 0.53) 0.71 (0.66, 0.76)
Pulse force          
 Strong 79.03 0.47 (0.40, 0.55) 0.65 (0.60, 0.71)
 Weak 84.19 0.49 (0.40, 0.57) 0.77 (0.73, 0.82)
Pulse shape          
 String-like pulse 78.43 0.37 (0.29, 0.46) 0.67 (0.62, 0.73)
 Slippery pulse 69.00 0.38 (0.31, 0.45) 0.38 (0.31, 0.45)
 Fine pulse 85.14 0.46 (0.37, 0.56) 0.79 (0.75, 0.84)
 Rough pulse 93.29 0.19 (0.04, 0.34) 0.93 (0.90, 0.95)
 Surging pulse 91.19 0.39 (0.26, 0.52) 0.9 (0.87, 0.93)

CI, 95% confidence interval.