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Table 3 Cronbach’s α—inter rate correlation, Kappa value, accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV of the methods used for assessing myometrial invasion compared with the final paraffin-embedded pathology evaluation

From: Preoperative and intraoperative assessment of myometrial invasion in patients with FIGO stage I non-endometrioid endometrial carcinoma—a large-scale, multi-center, and retrospective study

MI

PS of postoperative pathology

Cronbach’s α

Kappa

Accuracy %

(95% CI)

Sensitivity %

(95% CI)

Specificity %

(95% CI)

PPV %

(95% CI)

NPV %

(95% CI)

No

Yes

Total

CT

 No

4

25

29

0.350

0.118

50.00

(35.72-

64.28)

45.65

(31.18-

60.84)

100.00

(39.58–100.00)

100.00

(80.76–100.00)

13.79

(4.51-

32.57)

 Yes

0

21

21

 Total

4

46

50

MRI

 No

12

43

55

0.247

0.131

69.35

(62.11-

75.78)

73.13

(65.45-

79.68)

46.15

(27.14-

66.25)

89.31

(82.41-

93.82)

21.82

(12.25-

35.36)

 Yes

14

117

131

 Total

26

160

186

IGE

 No

19

49

68

0.483

0.303

82.40

(77.85-

86.21)

84.24

(79.60-

88.01)

63.33

(43.90-

79.45)

95.97

(92.70-

97.87)

27.94

(18.06-

40.34)

 Yes

11

262

273

 Total

30

311

341

IFS

 No

8

7

15

0.780

0.631

93.04

(86.33-

96.73)

93.40

(86.40-

97.08)

88.89

(50.67-

99.42)

99.00

(93.76-

99.95)

53.33

(27.42-

77.72)

 Yes

1

99

100

 Total

9

106

115

  1. IFS Intraoperative frozen section, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging, CT Computerized tomography, MI Myometrial invasion, IGE Intraoperative gross examination, PS Paraffin section