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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Liver Transpl. 2014 Oct;20(10):1244–1255. doi: 10.1002/lt.23948

Table 3. ORs From All 4 Pathologists (Blinded to C4d Results) for the 9 Variables With the Strongest Correlations With C4d-Positive Rejection in the UPMC Training Cohort and the Edinburgh University/BUMC Validation Cohorts.

Training Cohort OR (CI) P Value Coefficient of Concordance*
Eosinophilic central venulitis 1.93 (1.25-2.96) 0.003 0.49
Portal vein endothelial cell hypertrophy 1.89 (1.19-2.99) 0.007 0.42
Eosinophilic portal venulitis 2.48 (1.24-4.96) 0.01 0.30
Central venulitis severity 2.26 (1.20-4.25) 0.02 0.33
L ymphocytic portal inflammation 0.59 (0.34-1.03) 0.06 0.40
Portal eosinophilia 1.43 (0.92-2.21) 0.11 0.40
L ymphocytic venulitis 0.78 (0.49-1.24) 0.30 0.32
Hepatocyte ballooning 1.14 (0.76-1.72) 0.53 0.44
Cholestasis 1.00 (0.71-1.42) 1.00 0.29
Validation Cohort OR (CI) P Value Coefficient of Concordance*
Eosinophilic central venulitis 2.48 (1.37-4.49) 0.003 0.63
Portal vein endothelial cell hypertrophy 2.88 (1.83-4.55) <0.001 0.62
Eosinophilic portal venulitis 3.05 (1.96-4.69) <0.001 0.38
Central venulitis severity 2.44 (1.47-4.06) <0.001 0.63
L ymphocytic portal inflammation 1.33 (0.79-2.22) 0.30 0.58
Portal eosinophilia 4.37 (2.54-7.51) <0.001 0.61
L ymphocytic venulitis 1.65 (1.05-2.58) 0.03 0.42
Hepatocyte ballooning 2.00 (1.35-2.95) <0.001 0.63
Cholestasis 2.09 (1.35-2.95) <0.001 0.65
*

Kendall's coefficient of concordance displays the interobserver variability.