Table. Agreement and Correlation Between US, ATC, and Cochrane Review Classification Systems.
Classification system | κ agreement (95% CI)a | Spearman rank correlation coefficient (95% CI) | ||
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US classificationb | ATC | US classificationc | ATC | |
ATC | 0.53 (0.45-0.60) | NA | 0.77 (0.71-0.82) | NA |
Cochrane review | 0.60 (0.48-0.73) | 0.58 (0.46-0.71) | 0.74 (0.62-0.82) | 0.71 (0.58-0.80) |
Abbreviations: ATC, Anatomical Therapeutic Classification; NA, not applicable.
Linear weighting was used.
Consolidated (4-category scale).
Reverse-coded (7-category scale).