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Table 1 Weighted Cohen’s kappa analysis of Hirst and Tan grading systems

From: Cosmetic outcome of femtosecond laser-assisted pterygium surgery

 

Intra-rater reliability

Inter-rater reliability

Hirst grading system

YFL1, YFL2

YCL1, YCL2

YFL1, YCL1

YFL2, YCL2

0.86 (SE 0.06, CI 0.75–0.98)

0.95 (SE 0.03, CI 0.89–1.00)

0.84 (SE 0.06, CI 0.72–0.96)

0.88 (SE 0.05, CI 0.79–0.99)

Tan grading system

AJ1, AJ2

YCL1, YCL2

AJ1, YCL1

AJ2, YCL2

0.88 (SE 0.09, CI 0.71–1.00)

0.89 (SE 0.08, CI 0.73–1.00)

0.66 (SE 0.12, CI 0.42–0.91)

0.75 (SE 0.12, CI 0.52–0.98)

  1. AJ and YFL are junior ophthalmology residents; YCL is an experienced ophthalmologist
  2. SE = standard error; CI = 95% confidence interval