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. 2021 Jul 24;28(6):1045–1054. doi: 10.1007/s10140-021-01967-6

Table 3.

CO-RADS inter-observer agreement and performance

CO-RADS assessment score Fleiss’ K overall for all readers Fleiss’ K for chest radiologists (R1 and R2) Fleiss’ K for general radiologist (R3 and R4) Fleiss’ K for radiologists in training (R5 and R6)
CO-RADS 1 0.71 (0.71, 0.72) 0.81 (0.80, 0.81) 0.80 (0.80, 0.81) 0.76 (0.76, 0.77)
CO-RADS 2 0.46 (0.46, 0.46) 0.70 (0.70, 0.71) 0.26 (0.25, 0.26) 0.54 (0.54, 0.55)
CO-RADS 3 0.17 (0.17, 0.17) 0.31 (0.31, 0.32) 0.10 (0.10, 0.11) 0.37 (0.37, 0.38)
CO-RADS 4 0.07 (0.07, 0.07) 0.14 (0.14, 0.15) 0.33 (0.33, 0.34) 0.18 (0.17, 0.18)
CO-RADS 5 0.67 (0.67, 0.67) 0.79 (0.78, 0.79) 0.73 (0.72, 0.73) 0. 61 (0.61, 0.62)
Overall 0.54 (0.54, 0.54) 0.68 (0.67, 0.68) 0.61 (0.61, 0.61) 0.56 (0.56, 0.56)

The inter-observer agreement for various CO-RADS category, overall among all readers and within the groups. Data in parenthesis are 95% confidence interval