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Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2015 Nov;19(11):2108–2116. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1018-x

Table IV. Measures of Agreement from This Analysis Compared to Previous Validation Studies of Self-Reported HIV-Related Clinical Variables.

n Sens Sens CI Spec Spec CI % agree alpha kappa ICC Pearson Spearman
Nadir CD4 cell count (all categories) 175 60 0.78 0.41* 0.54* 0.65* 0.63*
Nadir CD4 cell count <200 175 82 (71-89) 73 (63-81) 77 0.70 0.53* 0.53* 0.54* 0.54*
Nadir CD4 cell count <200 (excluding Axis I and Axis II) 72 89 (74-96) 77 (59-89) 83 0.80 0.67* 0.67* 0.67* 0.67*
Nadir CD4 cell count >500 175 57 (35-76) 93 (88-97) 89 0.65 0.50* 0.50* 0.50* 0.50*
Most recent CD4 cell count (all categories) 168 64 0.84 0.52* 0.63* 0.72* 0.72*
Cunningham (1997) 120 67 0.51* 0.82* 0.84* 0.74*
Kalichman (2000) 135 0.82 0.82* 0.89*
CHAIN (2006) 34 91 0.76* 0.95 0.94 0.63
Kinsler (2008) 70 80 0.71* 0.96*
Most recent CD4 cell count <200 168 58 (41-74) 95 (89-98) 87 0.74 0.58* 0.58* 0.58* 0.58*
Kalichman (2000) 135 0.82
CHAIN (2006) 32 80 96 94 0.76*
Sohler (2009) [CD4 cell count <350] 357 78
Most recent CD4 cell count >500 168 70 (57-81) 91 (83-95) 83 0.77 0.63* 0.63* 0.63* 0.63*
Kalichman (2000) 135 0.71
CHAIN (2006) 32 80 100 84 0.64*
Sohler (2009) [CD4 cell count >=350] 337 74
Most recent HIV viral load (all categories) 145 67 0.81 0.48* 0.61* 0.69* 0.74*
Kalichman (2000) 94 0.68 0.73* 0.75*
CHAIN (2006) 25 88 0.62* 0.58 0.63
Kinsler (2008) 60 77 0.54* 0.44*
Most recent HIV viral load undetectable 145 93 (84-97) 77 (66-86) 86 0.84 0.71* 0.71* 0.72* 0.72*
Kalichman (2000) 94 0.72
CHAIN (2006) 25 75 100 84 0.68*
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P < 0.05