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. 2020 Jul 23;22:51. doi: 10.1186/s12968-020-00647-7

Table 4.

Results of the reproducibility analysis, reported in terms of intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Coefficient of Variation (CoV)

ICC (95%CI) p CoV (±SD)
Intra-Observer Reproducibility STE-FWLS 0.94 (0.79–0.99) < 0.001 0.07 (0.03)
STE-GLS 0.93 (0.75–0.98) < 0.001 0.08 (0.06)
SENC 0.91 (0.71–0.98) < 0.001 0.04 (0.03)
Sub-FT 0.96 (0.85–0.99) < 0.001 0.06 (0.05)
Myo-FT 0.88 (0.50–0.97) 0.003 0.12 (0.10)
Inter-Observer Reproducibility STE-FWLS 0.93 (0.75–0.98) < 0.001 0.07 (0.03)
STE-GLS 0.92 (0.72–0.98) < 0.001 0.06 (0.06)
SENC 0.90 (0.66–0.98) < 0.001 0.04 (0.02)
Endo-FT 0.62 (−0.22–0.91) 0.002 0.29 (0.11)
Myo-FT 0.67 (−0.16–0.93) < 0.001 0.30 (0.12)

Abbreviations: GLS Global longitudinal strain, FWLS Free wall longitudinal strain, STE Speckle tracking echocardiography, SENC Strain-encoding, FT Feature tracking, Endo-FT Subendocardial strain determined using FT, Myo-FT Midmyocardial strain determined using FT, ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient, CI Confidence interval, CoV Coefficient of variation, SD Standard deviation