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05 May 2021 : Clinical Research  

Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Severity Scales in COVID-19 Disease: A Validation Study

Bartosz Mruk12ABCDEF*, Dominika Plucińska2BC, Jerzy Walecki32AD, Gabriela Półtorak-Szymczak2EF, Katarzyna Sklinda32ADEFG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.931283

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931283

Table 3 Analysis of the interobserver agreement of Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Score-based assessments of CT scans. The table presents the κ and intraclass correlation coefficient values for the overall assessment as well as for the assessments of individual lung lobes.

Chest CT Score
Right lungLeft lungTotal
Upper lobeMiddle lobeLower lobeUpper lobeLower lobe
κ0.9100.9140.9070.9130.9070.909
<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001
95% CIUL0.9250.9240.9190.9290.9190.914
LL0.8980.9050.8940.9040.8950.904
ICC (3, k)0.9150.9170.9130.9170.9140.919
<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001
95% CIUL0.9170.9180.9160.9180.9160.919
LL0.9120.9150.9100.9150.9100.918
CI – confidence interval; ICC – intraclass correlation coefficient; LL – lower limit; UL – upper limit.

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