“Disk extension beyond the interspace”: an investigation into an alternative nomenclature in diagnostic imaging for displaced canine intervertebral disk material

Table 3 Interobserver agreement in DEBIT-nomenclature

	Kappa	Limits of confidence	One-sided p-value to κ	p-value of Bowker’s test
T2W_TSE
1&2	0.5	0.41-0.59	<0.0001***	0.39
1&3	0.59	0.49-0.69	<0.0001***	0.35
2&3	0.37	0.28-0.49	<0.0001***	<0.0001***
mFFE
1&2	0.43	0.33-0.53	<0.0001***	<0.0001***
1&3	0.58	0.47-0.69	<0.0001***	0.51
2&3	0.48	0.38-0.58	<0.0001***	<0.0001***
CT
1&2	0.42	0.32-0.52	<0.0001***	0.024*
1&3	0.51	0.4-0.62	<0.0001***	0.49
2&3	0.41	0.31-0.51	<0.0001***	0.044*

One-sided p-value to κ shows statistical significant agreement between the two evaluations at: *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001; Bowker’s test shows significant differences in evaluation of DEBIT by two observers with p-value: *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001.

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