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Table 7 Intra-examiner and inter-method agreement estimated with Cohen’s kappa (K)

From: Prevalence of adenoid hypertrophy among 12-year-old children and its association with craniofacial characteristics: a cross-sectional study

 

Unit

K

  

Value

SE

p value

Agreement within assessment methods (binary)

At/Nd

0/1

0.886

0.064

< 0.001

Ad-Ba/PNS-Ba

0/1

0.892

0.061

< 0.001

1-Npaa/Npa

0/1

0.960

0.040

< 0.001

Agreement between assessment methods (binary)

At/Nd versus Ad-Ba/PNS-Ba

0/1

0.877

0.028

< 0.001

At/Nd versus 1-Npaa/Npa

0/1

0.818

0.035

< 0.001

Ad-Ba/PNS-Ba versus 1-Npaa/Npa

0/1

0.790

0.037

< 0.001

Independent variables (categorical)

Growth stage

1/2/3

0.823

0.049

< 0.001

  1. K = Cohen's kappa, SE = standard error