Table 2.
Correlation between ultrasonographic and clinical grades of left-sided varicoceles
| Clinical grade | Ultrasonographic grade | Total frequency (row) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1–2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 0 | Frequency | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Percentage relative to clinical grade | 84.2% | 10.5% | 5.3% | 0.0% | ||
| Percentage relative to ultrasonographic grade | 84.2% | 8% | 2.3% | 0.0% | ||
| 1 | Frequency | 3 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| Percentage relative to clinical grade | 10.7% | 71.4% | 17.9% | 0.0% | ||
| Percentage relative to ultrasonographic grade | 15.8% | 80% | 11.6% | 0.0% | ||
| 2 | Frequency | 0 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 43 |
| Percentage relative to clinical grade | 0.0% | 4.7% | 83.7% | 11.6% | ||
| Percentage relative to ultrasonographic grade | 0.0% | 8% | 83.7% | 22.7% | ||
| 3 | Frequency | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 19 |
| Percentage relative to clinical grade | 0.0% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 89.5% | ||
| Percentage relative to ultrasonographic grade | 0.0% | 4.0% | 2.3% | 77.3% | ||
| Total frequency (column) | 19 | 25 | 43 | 22 | 109 | |
| Kappa | 0.74 | p<0.001 | ||||