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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Lipidol. 2019 Nov 29;14(1):109–121.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2019.11.005

Table 2.

Agreement of measured Apo B with LDL-C and non-HDL-C

Weighted Kappa
 Spearman Correlation
k-statistic1 95% CI Spearman Correlation r P-Value
Apo B vs. LDL-C 0.65 (0.64, 0.67) 0.85 <0.001
Apo B vs. non-HDL-C 0.78 (0.77, 0.79) 0.93 <0.001
LDL-C vs. non-HDL-C 0.73 (0.72, 0.74) 0.91 <0.001

Abbreviations: apolipoprotein B, apo B; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C; non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, non-HDL-C.

1

k-statistic between 0.61-0.80 is considered moderate agreement.

2

Chicchetti-Allison weights were utilized.