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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2022 Jun 25;49(12):4122–4132. doi: 10.1007/s00259-022-05866-x

Table 2.

Per-vessel inter-reader agreement (Reader 1 - Reader 2) for standard CAC scans and ungated CTAC scans.

Compared value Bias (95% CI) Mean absolute difference in scores Limits of agreement ICC
CAC scans
Total CAC score −5.3 (−14.3, 3.8) 12.2 (−132.6 – 122.1) 0.96 (0.95,0.97)
 LM score −3.8 (−6.7, −0.9) 6.7 (−44.4 – 36.9)
 LAD score −0.5 (−12.1, 11.1) 15.9 (−163.0 – 162.1)
 LCX score −1.9 (−7.5, 3.7) 6.3 (−80.8 – 77.0)
 RCA score 0.9 (−1.5, 3.3) 4.5 (−32.6 – 34.4)
CTAC scans
Total CAC score 9.0 (−7.0, 25.0) 41.8 (−216.1 – 234.0) 0.90 (0.87,0.92)
 LM score −3.9 (−8.5, 0.7) 11.3 (−68.3 – 60.6)
 LAD score −1.3 (−9.3, 6.8) 17.8 (−113.7 – 111.1)
 LCX score −7.3 (−21.8, 7.3) 22.5 (−211.3 – 196.8)
 RCA score 21.4 (2.6, 40.0) 26.8 (−242.3 – 285.0)

Abbreviations: BA – Bland-Altmann, ICC – interclass correlation coefficient, CTAC – CT attenuation correction. LM – left main coronary artery, LAD – left anterior descendent coronary artery, LCX – left circumflex coronary artery, RCA – right coronary artery