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Table 4 Agreement between cytopathological diagnosis abnormal or not and presence or absence of RT in the cells of the smear

From: Pelvic radiotherapy for cervical cancer affects importantly the reproducibility of cytological alterations evaluation

  

1st re-evaluation

  

PAP(−)

RT1(−)

PAP(+)

RT1(−)

PAP(−)

RT1(+)

PAP(+)

RT1(+)

Total

Kappa

(95%CI)

Original

PAP(−) RT(−)

14

9

2

0

25

0.098 (0.001;0.22)

PAP(+) RT(−)

9

11

2

3

25

PAP(−) RT(+)

17

1

3

0

21

PAP(+) RT(+)

6

1

14

3

24

Total

46

22

21

6

95

2nd re-evaluation

PAP(−) RT(−)

12

3

2

1

18

0.281 (0.14;0.41)

PAP(+) RT(−)

11

17

2

2

32

PAP(−) RT(+)

21

1

13

1

36

PAP(+) RT(+)

2

1

3

2

8

Total

46

22

20

6

94

  1. PAP(−) Normal Pap test, PAP(+) Abnormal Pap test, RT(−) No radiotherapy, RT(+) Radiotherapy, 1 Identification of post radiotherapy effects in cells