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. 2014 Dec 1;9(12):e112296. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112296

Table 4. Intraclass correlation coefficients or kappa statistics (*) between the results from the computerized analysis and the visual interpretations of eight individual obstetricians.

A B C D E F G H
Baseline FHR 0.98 0.81 0.94 0.92 0.95 0.94 0.94 0.94
Baseline variability 0.72* 0.68* 0.70* 0.78* 0.71* 0.74* 0.59* 0.64*
Acceleration 0.92 0.85 0.82 0.93 0.88 0.85 0.89 0.89
Early deceleration 0.87 0.83 0.84 0.83 0.59 0.78 0.59 0.82
Late deceleration 0.89 0.60 0.60 0.85 0.74 0.82 0.70 0.84
Variable deceleration 0.67 0.74 0.62 0.67 0.45 0.88 0.71 0.46
Prolonged deceleration 0.82* 0.84* 0.92* 0.63* 0.74* 0.70* 0.92* 0.74*
Recurrent deceleration 0.84* 0.75* 0.84* 0.77* 0.88* 0.84* 0.70* 0.71*
UC frequency 0.98 0.96 0.98 0.97 0.95 0.97 0.97 0.98
Category
I 0.93* 0.82* 0.83* 0.93* 0.86* 0.89* 0.93* 0.93*
II 0.83* 0.70* 0.70* 0.87* 0.77* 0.77* 0.73* 0.87*
III 0.64* 0.30* 0.47* 0.73* 0.55* 0.47* 0.10* 0.78*
Overall 0.85* 0.72* 0.73* 0.88* 0.79* 0.79* 0.75* 0.88*

FHR, fetal heart rate; UC, uterine contraction.