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. 2016 Jan 19;11:3. doi: 10.1186/s13027-016-0049-x

Table 4.

Concordance between the immunohistochemistry with P. gingivalis whole cell antibodies and qPCR of P. gingivalis 16S rDNA in the cancerous tissue from patients with ESCC

Approaches PCR expression Kappa value p value
+ -
IHC (+) 60 1 0.736 <0.0001
IHC (−) 11 28
Total 71 29

*Kappa value >0.7 excellent; 0.4–0.7, good; <0.4, poor agreement