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. 2013 Feb;68(2):213–217. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2013(02)OA15

Table 4.

Agreement for the final result and components of the Spine Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) among spine surgeons with low experience for vertebral metastasis treatment.

% of overall agreement Fixed-Marginal Kappa 95% CI Agreement
SINS score 60.12% 0.32285 0.2738-0.3718 Fair
Spinal location 83.57% 0.768719 0.7306-0.8067 Substantial
Mechanical or postural pain 72.38% 0.391383 0.3299-0.4528 Fair
Bone lesion quality 62.86% 0.311485 0.2585-0.3644 Fair
Spinal alignment 82.14% 0.629295 0.5731-0.6854 Substantial
Vertebral body involvement 57.98% 0.424512 0.3888-0.4601 Moderate
Posterior involvement 61.67% 0.42154 0.3761-0.4669 Moderate