Table 4. Intra Class Correlation coefficients for all T1DM participants (n = 26).
Observer reliability measure | The manual protocol ICC and 95%CI* | The semi-automated protocol ICC and 95%CI | Comparison of semi-auto to manual P-Value | The fully automated protocol ICC and 95%CI | Comparison of fully auto to manual P-Value | Comparison of fully auto to semi-auto P-Value | |
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CNFL† | Inter | 0.75(0.51,0.88) | 0.75(0.53,0.88) | 0.52 | 0.79(0.32,0.92) | 0.44 | 0.44 |
Intra | 0.72(0.44,0.87) | 0.68(0.40,0.84) | 0.66 | 0.84(0.68,0.92) | 0.054 | 0.023 | |
CNFD | Inter | 0.72(0.46,0.86) | 0.58(0.27,0.79) | 0.88 | 0.42(0.05,0.69) | 0.99 | 0.42 |
Intra | 0.59(0.27,0.79) | 0.41(0.05,0.68) | 0.89 | 0.53(0.21,0.76) | 0.53 | 0.21 | |
CNBD | Inter | 0.22(-0.09,0.52) | 0.19(-0.22,0.54) | 0.56 | 0.45(0.10,0.70) | 0.091 | 0.068 |
Intra | 0.61(0.29,0.80) | 0.16(-0.21,0.51) | >0.99 | 0.34(-0.06,0.64) | 0.34 | 0.18 |
ICC: Intra-class correlation coefficient (2, 1). Inter refers to inter-observer reproducibility, intra to intra-observer reproducibility. The manual protocol included manual image selection and manual image analysis. The semi-automated protocol included manual image selection and automated analysis. The fully-automated protocol included automated image selection and automated analysis. CNFL, corneal nerve fibre length. CNFD, corneal nerve fibre density. CNBD, corneal nerve branch density.
* Manual protocol ICC have been presented in a previous publication and are shown here for comparison.
† For the 13-member sub-population without DSP, inter-observer ICC for CNFLFully-Automated was 0.78(0.30,0.93) and intra-observer ICC for CNFLFully-Automated was 0.84(0.55,0.95). For the 13-member sub-population with DSP, the inter-observer ICC for CNFLFully-Automated was 0.65(0.05,0.89) and intra-observer ICC for CNFLFully-Automated was 0.72(0.31,0.90). Comparisons of these ICC were not statistically significant.