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. 2019 Oct 3;14(10):e0222641. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222641

Table 4. The association of manual or computer predicted 2-tiered grade with overall survival in 118 discordant cases.

Manual Grade Computer Predicted Grade
Hazard
Ratio
(95% CI) p-value Hazard
Ratio
(95% CI) p-value
A. Cases with identical grades between Pathologist 1 and Pathologist 2 (31 events out of 76 cases)
Model A: Crude 0.99 (0.44, 2.23) 0.99 2.05 (1.00, 4.21) 0.05
Model B: Adjusted for Age and Gender 1.04 (0.46, 2.34) 0.93 2.42 (1.13, 5.20) 0.02
Model C: Adjusted for Age, Gender, and Stage 1.18 (0.52, 2.68) 0.69 1.89 (0.87, 4.12) 0.11
B. Cases with different grades between Pathologist 1 and Pathologist 2 (21 events out of 46 cases)
Grade assigned by Pathologist 1
Model A: Crude 0.64 (0.19, 2.20) 0.48 2.49 (0.83, 7.45) 0.10
Model B: Adjusted for Age and Gender 0.63 (0.18, 2.17) 0.46 2.49 (0.72, 7.28) 0.16
Model C: Adjusted for Age, Gender, and Stage 0.59 (0.17, 2.03) 0.40 2.03 (0.62, 6.66) 0.24
Grade assigned by Pathologist 2
Model A: Crude 1.56 (0.46, 5.31) 0.48 NA NA NA
Model B: Adjusted for Age and Gender 1.58 (0.46, 5.44) 0.46 NA NA NA
Model C: Adjusted for Age, Gender, and Stage 1.70 (0.49, 5.89) 0.40 NA NA NA

Confidence Interval, CI