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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Level of agreement among observers for the AO/OTA 2018 classification after both review sessions

From: Reliability and reproducibility of the new AO/OTA 2018 classification system for proximal humeral fractures: a comparison of three different classification systems

AO/OTA 2018

Observers

% agreement

Kappa (95% CI)

Judgement

First reading

1 versus 2

61.2

0.519 (0.413–0.625)

Moderate agreement

1 versus 3

83.6

0.799 (0.717–0.881)

Substantial agreement

2 versus 3

77.6

0.719 (0.625–0.813)

Substantial agreement

Mean

74.1

0.679 (0.413–0.881)

Substantial agreement

Second reading

1 versus 2

62.1

0.534 (0.429–0.638)

Moderate agreement

1 versus 3

81

0.769 (0.684–0.855)

Substantial agreement

2 versus 3

75.9

0.7 (0.605–0.795)

Substantial agreement

Mean

73

0.667 (0.429–0.855)

Substantial agreement