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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2010 Dec 22;107(4):569–572. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.10.017

Table 2.

Agreement for cardiovascular and noncardiovascular conditions

Co-Morbidity Number Yes/Yes No/No Yes/No No/Yes Crude Agreement Positive Agreement Negative Agreement κ
Cardiovascular
 Arrhythmia 191 103 35 36 17 72% 80% 57% 0.37
 Dyslipidemia* 223 94 71 34 24 74% 76% 71% 0.48
 Hypertension 224 127 49 26 22 79% 84% 67% 0.51
 Stent 221 15 185 21 0 90% 59% 95% 0.54
 Myocardial infarction 196 50 123 16 7 88% 81% 91% 0.73
 Coronary bypass surgery 225 39 183 3 0 99% 97% 99% 0.95
 Defibrillator/pacemaker 221 140 77 3 1 98% 99% 98% 0.96
Noncardiovascular
 Peptic ulcer disease 218 1 198 4 15 91% 10% 95% 0.06
 Peripheral arterial disease 230 4 176 0 50 78% 14% 88% 0.11
 Lung disease 203 29 113 39 22 70% 49% 79% 0.28
 Osteoarthritis 215 10 174 23 8 86% 39% 92% 0.32
 Liver disease 225 3 212 2 8 96% 38% 98% 0.36
 Thyroid 214 26 174 7 7 93% 79% 96% 0.75
 Cancer 229 34 185 8 2 96% 87% 97% 0.85
 Diabetes mellitus 228 69 144 6 9 93% 90% 95% 0.85
 HIV infection 182 1 181 0 0 100% 100% 100% 1.00
Behavioral
 Excess alcohol use 218 3 200 3 12 93% 29% 96% 0.26
 Cocaine abuse 224 11 198 14 1 93% 59% 96% 0.56
 Tobacco 203 64 108 31 0 85% 81% 87% 0.69

Kappa p values <0.001 for all conditions except peripheral arterial disease (p = 0.006) and peptic ulcer disease (p = 0.27). All yes and no citations are by patient report first, followed by EHR documentation.

*

Use of lipid-lowering medications or fulfilling the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria.