TABLE 2

Agreement Between 2 Observers on Different Disease Stages of PCa

ScaleAll patientsStage of PCa
Staging (n = 129)BCR (n = 67)mCRPC (n = 23)
3-category
 Unweighted Cohen κ0.83 (0.79–0.86)0.82 (0.74–0.85)0.70 (0.48–0.78)1.00
 Linear weighted Cohen κ0.90 (0.87–0.91)0.89 (0.83–0.97)0.79 (0.63–0.89)1.00
Dichotomous
 ppos0.94 (0.90–0.98)0.94 (0.87–0.99)0.86 (0.67–1.00)1.00
 pneg0.97 (0.95–0.99)0.97 (0.95–0.99)0.97 (0.94–1.00)1.00
 Cohen κ0.91 (0.86–0.97)0.91 (0.83–0.99)0.83 (0.65–1.00)1.00
  • BCR = biochemical recurrence; mCRPC = metastatic castration-resistant PCa.

  • Data in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals.