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Heart 87:381-382 doi:10.1136/heart.87.4.381
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Diagnostic accuracy of technician supervised and reported exercise tolerance tests

Table 1

Agreement between investigators' reports

DM MJ DS
Percentage agreement κ or κW Percentage agreement κ or κW Percentage agreement κ or κW
Pretest, pretest probability of ischaemic heart disease; Sympt, symptoms; Exer, exercise time; Object, objective criteria; Risk, overall risk assessment.
κW performed where more than two choices were possible.
AC
    Pretest 97 0.93 98 0.95 97 0.93
    Sympt 83 0.76 81 0.7 80 0.7
    Exer 75 0.71 75 0.74 75 0.74
    Object 76 0.56 76 0.52 73 0.57
    Risk 69 0.64 60 0.63 62 0.62

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