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. 2015 Oct 24;17:296. doi: 10.1186/s13075-015-0808-x

Table 2.

Results of correlations between 24hP and PCR and agreement between 24hP/24hC and PCR

Correlation Interpretationa ICC (2, k) Interpretationb CCC Interpretationc
p value 95 % CI 95 % CI
All samples 0.79 High 0.87 Appropriate 0.85 Poor
<0.0001 0.83–0.91 0.83–0.87
24hP 0.4 Low 0.52 Poor 0.62 Poor
<0.5 g/day <0.0001 0.50–0.53 0.56–0.67
24hP 0.2 Negligible 0.57 Poor 0.34 Poor
0.5–0.99 g/day 0.0007 0.55–0.58 0.24–0.46
24hP 0.3 Low 0.73 Poor 0.55 Poor
1–1.99 g/day 0.001 0.70–0.76 0.43–0.68
24hP 0.6 Moderate 0.77 Poor 0.44 Poor
≥2.0 g/day 0.0001 0.70–0.83 0.35–0.53

CCC concordance correlation coefficient, CI confidence interval, 24hC measured creatinine content in a 24-h urine sample collection, 24hP protein content in a 24-h urine collection sample, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient

The ratio of the protein content and the creatinine content in a 24-h urine collection sample (24hP/24hC) was calculated by dividing 24hP (g/day) by creatinine content (mmol/day) reported in the results of the same 24 h urine sample

aCorrelation: negligible (r = 0.00–0.29), low (r = 0.3–0.49), moderate (r = 0.5–0.7), high (r = 0.7–0.9), very high (r = 0.9–0.99)

bMeasure of agreement: ICC (2, k) ≥0.85 = good reliability (agreement)

cMeasure of agreement: CCC <0.9 = poor agreement