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