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Table 2 Inter-assessment agreement: mean of first assessment and second assessment of the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies (n = 32), followed by mean differences between the two assessments, 95% limits of agreement, and smallest detectable difference (SDD).

From: Reproducibility of the STARD checklist: an instrument to assess the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies

Outcome measure

First assessment (A)

Second assessment (B)

Difference B ā€“ A MeandiffAB (SDdiffAB)

95% Limits of Agreement*

SDDā€ 

Systematic differences

(95%CI)ā€”

Ā 

MeanA (SDA)

RangeA

MeanB (SDB)

RangeB

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Number of reported STARD items (0ā€“25)

12.08 (3.9)

3.5 ā€“ 19

12.47 (3.4)

7 ā€“ 19

0.39 (2.4)

-4.27, 5.05

4.66

0.39 (-0.4, 1.2)

  1. SD = Standard Deviation, * 95% Limits of Agreement: mean(diffAB)Ā± 1.96SDdiffAB, ā€  SDD = Smallest Detectable Difference (SDD = 1.96 * SDdiffAB); ā€” systematic difference (bias) = MeandiffABĀ± 1.96 * SDdiffAB/āˆš n; 95%CI = 95% confidence intervals.