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Table 2 Summary of the results

From: Interobserver study on histologic features of idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension

Images distributed Lobule (L) (n = 45) Portal tract (P) (n = 45)
Provided clinical history Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2
Consensus a 73% 67% 60% 69%
Kappa value (95% CI, p < 0.05)b 0.24 (0.19–0.29) 0.24 (0.19–0.29) 0.18 (0.13–0.23) 0.18 (0.13–0.23)
Change in consensus status by Q2 provisionc 29% 40%
WNL to abnormal or loss of consensus, by Q2 provision 9% 16%
Study group   INCPH (L = 25, P = 19) Non-INCPH (L = 20, P = 26)
Provided (true) clinical history   Q2   Q1  
Kappa value (95% CI, p < 0.05)b L: 0.32 (0.25–0.38) L: 0.12 (0.05–0.19)
   P: 0.17 (0.10–0.25) P: 0.14 (0.08–0.21)
Reproducibility Reproducible 57%   37%  
  Non-reproducible 32%   43%  
  Divergent 11%   20%  
  1. Q1: Absence of portal hypertension, Q2: Presence of portal hypertension. a, agreed by at least 6 pathologists; CI, confidence interval; b, unweighted, within normal limits versus abnormal; c, consensus to no consensus or vice versa; INCPH, idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension; WNL, within normal limits by consensus