Table 6.
Kappa values for agreement between participant reports and medical records in current and prior reports
| Study | n | % Male | % White | % > High school education | Population | Kappa values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Diabetes | Hypertension | MI | Other heart disease | ||||||
| Current analyses | 1,936 | 0 | 70.8 | 68.2 | California, breast cancer | .87 | .81 | .66 | .50 |
| Midthjell (1992) [21] | 507 | n/a | ~100 % | n/a | Norwegian municipality | .97 | |||
| Haapanen (1997) [18] | 587 | ~50 % | ~100 % | n/a | Finnish sample cohort | .75 | .77 | .79 | |
| Martin (2000) [14] | 599 | 49–50 | n/a | n/a | Colorado, managed care | .81 | .65 | ||
| Sangha (2003) [13] | 170 | 45 | 82 | 50 | Massachusetts, medical or surgical inpatients | .90 | .50 | ||
| Okura (2004) [15] | 2,037 | 48.2 | ~96 % | 60.4 | Minnesota, ≥45 years of age | .76 | .75 | .80 | .46 |
| Skinner (2005) [22] | 402 | 100 | 88.7 | 35 | Massachusetts, veterans | .84 | .70 | ||
| Merkin (2007) [17] | 965 | 54 | 57 | 37 | 19 US states, end-stage renal disease | .93 | .19 | .55 | |
| Baena-Diez (2008) [16] | 3,329 | 45.2 | ~100 % | 6.6 | Spain, primary care | .79 | .82 | .91 | |
| Corser (2008) [19] | 525 | 63.6 | 84.4 | 43.8 | Michigan, acute coronary syndrome | .80 | .63 | ||
| Eze-Nliam (2012) [20] | 117 | 56.4 | 74.2 | 33.8 | Maryland, acute coronary syndrome | .94 | .73 | .31 | .37 |
n/a not available, MI myocardial infarction