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Table 1 Interexaminer reproducibility from examiners using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System in detecting caries lesions in primary teeth during training and calibration session for epidemiological survey

From: Laboratorial training of examiners for using a visual caries detection system in epidemiological surveys

 

Intraclass correlation coefficient

Weighted kappa values

(95% confidence interval)

Mean

Standard deviation

Range

Occlusal surfaces

0.828 (0.743 to 0.901)

0.781

0.078

0.529 – 0.927

Buccal/lingual surfaces

0.587 (0.526 to 0.651)

0.568

0.134

0.191 – 0.881

Proximal surfaces

0.833 (0.797 to 0.867)

0.844

0.058

0.698 – 0.971

All surfaces

0.790 (0.761 to 0.817)

0.731

0.152

0.191 – 0.971