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Table 2 Sensitivity and specificity of patient-reported chronic diseases relative to chronic diseases derived from administrative data (1-year look-back) (N = 676,428)

From: The agreement between chronic diseases reported by patients and derived from administrative data in patients undergoing joint arthroplasty

Chronic disease

Patient-reported n (%)

Administrative data n (%)

Prevalence in either patient-reported or administrative data, n (%)

Sensitivity (%)

(95% CI)

Specificity (%)

(95% CI)

Kappa (κ)

(95% CI)

Both

Administrative only

Patient-reported only

Neither

Heart disease

67,425

122,219

56,736

65,460

10,689

543,543

46. 4

98.1

0.54

(9.97)

(18.1)

(8.39)

(9.68)

(1.58)

(80.4)

(46.2, 46.7)

(98.0, 98.1)

(0.54, 0.54)

High blood pressure

282,785

335,958

249,608

86,350

33,177

307,293

74.3

90.3

0.65

(41.8)

(49.7)

(36.9)

(12.8)

(4.90)

(45.4)

(74.1, 74.4)

(90.2, 90.4)

(0.64, 0.65)

Stroke

11,126

7348

2367

4981

8759

660,321

32.2

98.7

0.25

(1.64)

(1.09)

(0.35)

(0.74)

(1.29)

(97.6)

(31.1, 33.3)

(98.7, 98.7)

(0.24, 0.25)

Leg pain due to poor circulation

48,298

10,917

2855

8063

45,444

620,067

26.1

93.2

0.07

(7.14)

(1.61)

(0.42)

(1.19)

(6.72)

(91.7)

(25.3, 27.0)

(93.1, 93.2)

(0.07, 0.07)

Lung disease

55,717

100,260

46,876

53,384

8841

567,327

46.8

98.5

0.55

(8.24)

(14.8)

(6.93)

(7.89)

(1.31)

(83.9)

(46.4, 47.1)

(98.4, 98.5)

(0.55, 0.56)

Diabetes

75,998

78,816

68,952

9864

7046

590,566

87.5

98.8

0.88

(11.2)

(11.7)

(10.2)

(1.46)

(1.04)

(87.3)

(87.3, 87.7)

(98.8, 98.8)

(0.87, 0.88)

Kidney disease

12, 435

36,823

6910

29,913

5542

634,080

18.8

99.1

0.26

(1.84)

(5.44)

(1.02)

(4.42)

(0.82)

(93.7)

(18.4, 19.2)

(99.1, 99.2)

(0.26, 0.26)

Diseases of the nervous system

5840

19,550

4092

15,458

1748

655,130

20.9

99.7

0.31

(0.86)

(2.89)

(0.60)

(2.29)

(0.26)

(96.9)

(20.4, 21.5)

(99.7, 99.7)

(0.31, 0.32)

Liver disease

3585

4120

1412

2708

2173

670,135

34.3

99.7

0.36

(0.53)

(0.61)

(0.21)

(0.40)

(0.32)

(99.1)

(32.8, 35.7)

(99.7, 99.7)

(0.36, 0.37)

Cancer

32,384

12,710

8740

3970

23,644

640,074

68.8

96.4

0.37

(4.79)

(1.88)

(1.29)

(0.59)

(3.50)

(94.6)

(68.0, 69.6)

(96.4, 96.5)

(0.37, 0.37)

Depression

61,589

29,923

18,263

11,660

43,326

603,179

61.0

93.3

0.36

(9.11)

(4.42)

(2.70)

(1.72)

(6.41)

(89.2)

(60.5 61.6)

(93.2, 93.4)

(0.36, 0.36)