Table 5.
Kappa coefficient agreement for categorized measures of lowest CD4+ T-cell count before cART and highest viral load before cART between HIV-BCS and SISCEL databases
| Sites of HIV-BCSa | CD4+ T-cellb | Viral loadc | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kappa | p-value | Kappa | p-value | |
| I | 0.980 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| II | 0.983 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| III | 0.905 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| IV | 0.889 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| V | 1.000 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| VI | 1.000 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| VII | 0.985 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| VIII | 0.885 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| IX | 0.938 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| X | 0.937 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| XI | 0.867 | P < 0.001 | 0.855 | P < 0.001 |
| XII | 0.989 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| XIII | 0.940 | P < 0.001 | 1.000 | P < 0.001 |
| Total | 0.932 | P < 0.001 | 0.996 | P < 0.001 |
aI - Manaus – FMT; II - Belém UREDIP; III - Santarém - Municipal STF; IV - Recife - HC/UFPE; V - J. Guararapes - MUNICIPAL STF; VI - Salvador – HUPES; VII - Salvador - CEDAP; VIII - Rio de Janeiro – IPEC; IX Belo Horizonte - UFMG; X - São Paulo - CRT/SP; XI - São Paulo - Municipal Network; XII - SAE S.J.R.P - MUNICIPAL STF; XIII - Porto Alegre – PARTENON;
bCategorized lowest CD4+ T-cell before cART was grouped in: < 200 cell/mm3, 200 |-- 350 cell/mm3, ≥ 350 cell/mm3;
cViral load was grouped in: above or below assay lower limit of detection. The lower limit of detection varied according to method over the years between 400 and 40 copies / ml