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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2017 Oct 3;32(1):68–77. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12415

Table 4.

Kappa values for prednisone among women with rheumatoid arthritis and albuterol among women with asthma by maternal characteristics.

Characteristics N (%) K (95% CI) % Agreement
Rheumatoid Arthritis, n=216
Enrollment During 1st Trimester 100 (46.3) 0.45 (0.30, 0.60) 38.4
Enrollment After 1st Trimester 116 (53.7) 0.42 (0.25, 0.58) 32.9
Maternal Age ≤30 71 (32.9) 0.40 (0.20, 0.59) 22.7
Maternal Age >30 145 (67.1) 0.46 (0.32, 0.59) 48.6
Primiparous 101 (46.8) 0.44 (0.29, 0.60) 33.3
Multiparous 115 (53.2) 0.43 (0.28, 0.59) 38.0
Body Mass Index of <25 kg/m2 135 (62.5) 0.43 (0.29, 0.56) 44.0
Body Mass Index of ≥25 kg/m2 81 (37.5) 0.45 (0.27, 0.64) 27.3
Health Assessment Disability Index Score at Enrollment <0.25 99 (45.8) 0.35 (0.17, 0.53) 32.4
Health Assessment Disability Index Score at Enrollment ≥0.25 117 (54.2) 0.46 (0.31, 0.60) 38.9

Asthma, n=172
Enrollment During 1st Trimester 108 (62.8) 0.27 (0.02, 0.51) 25.6
Enrollment After 1st Trimester 64 (37.2) 0.19 (0.02, 0.35) 39.0
Maternal Age ≤30 59 (34.3) 0.14 (−0.08, 0.37) 20.9
Maternal Age >30 113 (65.7) 0.25 (0.08, 0.42) 43.6
Primiparous 104 (60.5) 0.22 (0.04, 0.40) 40.1
Multiparous 68 (39.5) 0.20 (−0.01, 0.41) 24.4
Body Mass Index of <25 kg/m2 84 (48.8) 0.14 (−0.05, 0.33) 29.7
Body Mass Index of ≥25 kg/m2 88 (51.2) 0.29 (0.09, 0.48) 34.9
Asthma Control Test Score at Enrollment <20 49 (28.5) 0.12 (−0.09, 0.33) 19.8
Asthma Control Test Score at Enrollment ≥20 117 (68.0) 0.17 (0.00, 0.34) 41.3

Abbreviation: Κ, kappa; CI, confidence interval.