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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2019 Sep 15;47(8):1165–1173. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.190258

Table 2. Intrareader intraclass correlation coefficients and average status scores according to the RAMRIS in early arthritis patients (n=15) by two readers.

Patient population Early arthritis (n=15)
Reader 1 Reader 2
MTP-joints

BME ICC (95%CI) 0.96 (0.89-0.99) 0.98 (0.95-0.99)
Median (IQR, max) 0.0 (0.0-2.5; 5) 0.0 (0.0-2.5; 8.5)
Mean (SD) 1.1 (1.6) 1.4 (2.3)

Synovitis ICC (95%CI) 0.90 (0.74-0.97) 0.98 (0.94-0.99)
Median (IQR, max) 0.5 (0.0-1.0; 3.5) 1.0 (0.0-2.0; 5.5)
Mean (SD) 0.8 (1.2) 1.3 (1.8)

Tenosynovitis ICC (95%CI) 0.97 (0.91-0.99) 0.84 (0.58-0.94)
Median (IQR, max) 0.0 (0.0-3.5; 8) 0.0 (0.0; 4.5)
Mean (SD) 1.7 (2.9) 0.6 (1.4)

Erosions ICC (95%CI) 0.71 (0.35-0.89) 0.92 (0.78-0.97)
Median (IQR, max) 0.0 (0.0-1.0; 2) 0.0 (0.0-1.0; 4.5)
Mean (SD) 0.4 (0.6) 0.7 (1.2)

MCP-joints

BME ICC (95%CI) 0.86 (0.61-0.95) 0.80 (0.51-0.93)
Median (IQR, max) 0 (0-0.5; 2.5) 0 (0-0.5; 2.5)
Mean (SD) 0.4 (0.8) 0.3 (0.7)

Synovitis ICC (95%CI) 0.88 (0.68-0.96) 0.96 (0.89-0.99)
Median (IQR, max) 0 (0-1; 2) 0 (0-1; 4)
Mean (SD) 0.5 (0.7) 0.9 (1.3)

Tenosynovitis ICC (95%CI) 0.97 (0.91-0.99) 0.94 (0.83-0.98)
Median (IQR, max) 1 (0-3.5; 4.5) 0 (0-2; 3.5)
Mean (SD) 1.4 (1.8) 1.0 (1.3)

Erosions ICC (95%CI) 0.94 (0.82-0.98) 0.99 (0.96-1.00)
Median (IQR, max) 0 (0-1. 4.5) 0 (0-1; 5.5)
Mean (SD) 0.7 (1.3) 0.8 (1.6)

Wrist

BME ICC (95%CI) 0.77 (0.45-0.92) 0.90 (0.72-0.96)
Median (IQR, max) 0.5 (0-1.5; 3.5) 0 (0-2; 5)
Mean (SD) 0.8 (1.0) 1.2 (1.6)

Synovitis ICC (95%CI) 0.92 (0.71-0.98) 0.95 (0.81-0.98)
Median (IQR, max) 0 (0-1.5; 3.5) 0.5 (0-1; 5)
Mean (SD) 0.8 (1.4) 1.1 (1.5)

Tenosynovitis ICC (95%CI) 0.99 (0.97-1.00) 0.99 (0.98-1.00)
Median (IQR, max) 0 (0-1; 6) 0.5 (0-2; 6)
Mean (SD) 1.1 (1.9) 1.4 (2.0)

Erosions ICC (95%CI) 0.95 (0.86-0.98) 0.97 (0.90-0.99)
Median (IQR, max) 1 (0-3.5; 6.5) 1 (0-3; 5)
Mean (SD) 1.9 (2.1) 1.4 (1.7)

Results are based on a single-measure, absolute agreement, two-way mixed effects model.

Based on the repeated scoring of randomly selected patients (patients are scored twice by each reader).

n: number of patients; MTP: metatarsophalangeal; MCP: metacarpophalangeal; BME: bone marrow edema; ICC: interclass correlation coefficient; CI: confidence interval; IQR: interquartile range; SD: standard deviation