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Table 5 Pairwise comparison of the agreement of the index test and reference test per examiner

From: Clinical Accuracy of the Lateral-Anterior Drawer Test for Diagnosing Posterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture

Per-protocol Comparison§

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Wald p-value

As-treated Comparison

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Wald p-value

Advanced versus expert clinician§

5.259 (1.719–16.071)

0.004

Advanced versus expert clinician

3.313 (1.210–9.061)

0.020

Advanced versus novice clinician

2.581 (0.794–8.390)

0.115

Advanced versus novice clinician

2.164 (0.849–5.512)

0.106

Novice versus expert clinician

2.036 (0.848–4.889)

0.111

Novice versus expert clinician

1.531 (0.637–3.684)

0.340

Overall examiner effect: F(2, 369) = 4.508; p = 0.012

Overall examiner effect: F(2, 369) = 2.779; p = 0.063

  1. §Example: The odds for absolute agreement between the LAD-Test outcome vs. MRI outcome was 5.259 times higher for the advanced clinician compared to the expert clinician
  2. 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval (lower; upper limit)