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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2021 Aug 2;74:101999. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2021.101999

Table 4.

Agreement between dichotomized Definiens percent positive and pathologist-assigned scores.

Marker Pathologist score Definiens positive, N (%) Definiens negative, N (%) Percent agreement (%) Cohen’s kappa (95% CI)

ER Low positive/Positive 4106 (86.7) 45 (15.7) 86.5 0.36 (0.33–0.40)
Negative 632 (13.3) 242 (84.3)

PR Low positive/Positive 2838 (79.5) 63 (15.1) 80.1 0.38 (0.35–0.41)
Negative 732 (20.5) 354 (84.9)

AR Low positive/Positive 3168 (80.1) 81 (43.8) 79.1 0.13 (0.10–0.16)
Negative 786 (19.9) 104 (56.2)

IR Low positive/Positive 82 (66.7) 0 66.7 N/A
Negative 41 (33.3) 0

H3K27 Low positive/Positive 119 (90.2) 0 90.2 N/A
Negative 13 (9.9) 0

VDR Low positive/Positive 108 (91.5) 0 91.6 0.15 (−0.11–0.42)
Negative 10 (8.5) 1 (100)

RXR Low positive/Positive 75 (83.3) 0 83.3 N/A
Negative 15 (16.7) 0

Ki67 High proliferation 4 (100) 12 (48.0) 58.6 0.23 (0.02–0.44)
Low proliferation 0 13 (52.0)

CD163, tumor Low positive/Positive 89 (76.7) 0 76.7 N/A
Negative 27 (23.3) 0

CD163, stroma Low positive/Positive 122 (100) 0 100 N/A
Negative 0 0

CD20 Moderate/High 14 (93.3) 8 (8.3) 92.0 0.71 (0.54–0.89)
Low 1 (6.7) 89 (91.8)

CD8 Moderate/High 34 (85.0) 16 (20.5) 81.4 0.61 (0.46–0.75)
Low 6 (15.0) 62 (79.5)

CD4 Moderate/High 11 (61.1) 31 (30.4) 68.3 0.20 (0.03–0.36)
Low 7 (38.9) 71 (69.6)

EPRS, tumor Low positive/Positive 69 (59.5) 0 59.5 N/A
Negative 47 (40.5) 0

EPRS, stroma Low positive/Positive 90 (92.8) 12 (75.0) 83.2 0.20 (−0.04–0.45)
Negative 7 (7.2) 4 (25.0)

FASN Low positive/Positive 115 (97.5) 0 97.5 0.39 (−0.15–0.93)
Negative 3 (2.5) 1 (100)

IGF1R Low positive/Positive 84 (70.6) 0 71.1 0.07 (−0.02–0.17)
Negative 35 (29.4) 2 (100)

pmTOR Low positive/Positive 91 (87.5) 0 89.0 0.62 (0.45–0.80)

Percent agreement and kappa statistics were calculated by dichotomizing the Definiens percent positive, using the following cutpoints for positivity: ≥10% (CD20, CD8, and CD4); >14% (Ki67); or ≥1% (all other markers).