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. 2016 Jan 4;60(4):467–478. doi: 10.1093/annhyg/mev095

Table 4.

Characteristics predicting the relative likelihood (odds ratio) that an expert changed the CT ordinal ratings by ≥1 category and ≥2 categories based on logistic regression models

Probability Intensity Frequency
% of jobsa ≥1 category change (n = 293) ≥2 category change (n = 215) % of jobs ≥1 category change (n = 310) ≥2 category change (n = 68) % of jobs ≥1 category change (n = 663) ≥2 category change (n = 328)
OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI
CT agreement rate
 >0.9 32 Ref. Ref. 18 Ref. Ref. 11 Ref. Ref.
 0.8 to ≤0.9 12 0.23 0.06–0.8 0.30 0.08–1.2 19 0.7 0.14–3.0 0.10 0.02–0.46 47 5.0 1.3–19 0.41 0.07–2.23
 0.7 to ≤0.8 7 1.7 0.62–4.8 1.9 0.68–5.6 15 6.1 1.3–28 0.38 0.05–2.6 28 5.9 1.0–8.0 2.0 0.52–8.0
 ≤0.7 50 2.6 0.81–8.5 3.1 0.93–10 48 7.2 1.9–27 0.69 0.10–4.6 14 27 7.7–97 16 3.9–69
CT ratingb
 0 16 Ref. Ref. 42 Ref. Ref. 25 Ref. Ref.
 1 9 38 13–114 9.1 3.1–27 23 2.8 0.98–8.0 1.4 0.39–5.3 58 0.23 0.07–0.82 0.19 0.05–0.74
 2 10 2.6 0.93–7.2 0.53 0.17–1.6 16 2.4 0.81–7.3 33.4 10–109 15 5.8 1.8–18 2.9 0.73–12
 3 64 0.15 0.06–0.37 0.12 0.05–0.31 18 0.51 0.09–2.8 1 0.25 0.07–0.90 0.20 0.04–1.0
Diesel module
 No 45 Ref. Ref. 45 Ref. Ref. 45 Ref. Ref.
 Yes 55 2.0 0.85–4.7 2.3 1.0–5.5 55 1.7 0.78–3.7 0.90 0.22–3.6 55 2.1 1.1–4.2 2.1 0.91–5.0

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; Ref., reference group.

aJobs in the reliability assessment or in the subsequent expert review (n = 1442).

bCT rating for the metric being assessed.