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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 28.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2017 Jul 28;41(9):1568–1573. doi: 10.1111/acer.13438

Table 4.

Interobserver agreement on histopathologic features of AH among 5 pathologists

Histologic feature K value (95% CI) Strength of agreement P value
Fibrosis stage (None/Portal fibrosis/Expansive periportal fibrosis/Bridging fibrosis/Cirrhosis) 0.42 (0.31–0.51) Moderate <0.001
Lobular fibrosis (None/Zonal 3/Zonal 3+2/Panlobular fibrosis) 0.31 (0.19–0.45) Fair <0.001
Pericellular fibrosis (Absent/Present) 0.41 (0.26–0.63) Moderate <0.001
Steatosis (None/<5%/5–33%/33–66%/>66%) 0.43 (0.31–0.57) Moderate <0.001
Bilirubinostatis (None/Hepatocellular/Canalicular or ductular/Both) 0.52 (0.36–0.72) Moderate <0.001
Ballooning (None/Occasional/Marked) 0.37 (0.26–0.50) Fair <0.001
Mallory bodies (None/Occasional/Marked) 0.44 (0.30–0.58) Moderate <0.001
Megamitochondria (Absent/Present) 0.20 (0.03–0.46) Slight <0.001
Polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration (None/Mild/Severe) 0.52 (0.40–0.68) Moderate <0.001