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Table 2 Inter-rater agreement of the endoscopic indices in the 181 study subjects

From: Fecal calprotectin predicts complete mucosal healing and better correlates with the ulcerative colitis endoscopic index of severity than with the Mayo endoscopic subscore in patients with ulcerative colitis

Variables

Weighted Kappaa

95% CI

Mayo endoscopic subscore

0.78

0.71–0.85

UCEIS

0.62

0.56–0.69

 Vascular

0.69

0.57–0.80

 Bleeding

0.40

0.31–0.49

 Erosions and ulcers

0.74

0.67–0.81

  1. aWeighted kappa (all levels disagreement between raters are weighted equally)
  2. CI confidence interval, UCEIS ulcerative colitis endoscopic index of severity
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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