Table 4

Audited and coded inter-rater agreement

ConditionThis studyYoussef29Quan41Kieszak25Stavem42
Myocardial infarction0.400.340.590.220.66
Congestive heart failure0.510.610.800.380.45
Peripheral vascular disease0.440.420.340.220.47
Cerebrovascular disease0.320.830.500.56
Dementia00.660.420.260.42
Chronic pulmonary disease0.430.780.720.640.65
Hemiplegia/paraplegia−0.020.220.550.31
Rheumatologic disease/0.580.570.200.29
Peptic ulcer disease−0.020.620.630.120.31
Diabetes0.320.750.740.680.60
Diabetes with chronic complication0.640.340.580.160.42
Mild liver disease0.060.090.5300.42
Moderate liver disease−0.020.430.470.26
Renal disease0.560.750.490.290.60
Any malignancy0.430.770.780.230.49
Metastatic solid tumour0.710.870.870.200.56
AIDS/HIV/0.910.78
  • Inter-rater agreement (kappa values) between audited and coded.