Table 4.
Prostate Zone | Kappa Value (κ) | P Value | Specific Agreement (Po) | P Value |
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Whole Prostate | ||||
All Readers | 0.24 (0.18–0.30) | 0.46 (0.43–0.50) | ||
Moderate Readers | 0.27 (0.19–0.36) | 0.026 | 0.51 (0.45–0.56) | 0.007 |
Expert Readers | 0.40 (0.32–0.48) | 0.61 (0.55–0.66) | ||
Peripheral Zone | ||||
All Readers | 0.23 (0.16–0.30) | 0.46 (0.42–0.51) | ||
Moderate Readers | 0.23 (0.12–0.34) | 0.002 | 0.51 (0.45–0.58) | 0.009 |
Expert Readers | 0.43 (0.34–0.53) | 0.62 (0.56–0.68) | ||
Transition Zone | ||||
All Readers | 0.19 (0.10–0.28) | 0.47 (0.40–0.53) | ||
Moderate Readers | 0.27 (0.14–0.40) | 0.929 | 0.49 (0.39–0.59) | 0.347 |
Expert Readers | 0.26 (0.06–0.43) | 0.56 (0.47–0.66) |
Note.- P values show the statistical difference between moderate and expert readers.