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. 2016 Apr 14;18:20. doi: 10.1186/s12968-016-0237-2

Table 3.

Inter-rater reproducibility

ICCa 95 % CIa Mean difference (SD)a 95 % LOAa
Inter-rater (non-contrast enhanced)a
 - Mean aortic lumen area (cm2)a 0.99* 0.88, 1.00 0.05 (0.06) −0.06, 0.17
 - Mean aortic total vessel area (cm2)a 0.99* 0.93, 1.00 0.05 (0.07) −0.08, 0.19
 - Mean aortic wall area (cm2)a 0.99* 0.98, 1.00 0.00 (0.02) −0.04, 0.04
 - Mean aortic wall thickness (mm)a 0.99* 0.95, 1.00 −0.01 (0.02) −0.06, 0.03
 - Maximum aortic wall thickness (mm)a 0.81* 0.40, 0.96 0.14 (0.13) −0.11, 0.40
 - Mean aortic WA/TVA ratioa 0.98* 0.76, 0.99 −0.01 (0.00) −0.02, 0.00
Inter-rater (contrast-enhanced)
 - Mean aortic lumen area (cm2)a 0.98* 0.92, 1.00 0.04 (0.08) −0.11, 0.20
 - Mean aortic total vessel area (cm2)a 0.98* 0.91, 1.00 0.06 (0.08) −0.10, 0.22
 - Mean aortic wall area (cm2)a 0.91* 0.70, 0.98 0.03 (0.06) −0.10, 0.15
 - Mean aortic wall thickness (mm)a 0.81* 0.42, 0.95 0.03 (0.11) −0.18, 0.24
 - Maximum aortic wall thickness (mm)a 0.88* 0.56, 0.97 0.07 (0.12) −0.17, 0.31
 - Mean aortic WA/TVA ratioa 0.81* 0.40, 0.95 0.00 (0.02) −0.03, 0.04

*P < .001

aICC: intraclass correlation coefficient (two-way random effects model assessing absolute of single measures). CI: confidence interval. LOA: limits of. WA: wall area. TVA: total vessel area