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Table 3 Inter-and intraobserver variability

From: Kinematic analysis of diastolic function using the freely available software Echo E-waves – feasibility and reproducibility

3A

Intraobserver

Interobserver

 

CV (%)

Difference (%)

SD

ICC

CV (%)

Difference (%)

SD

ICC

c

13.2

12.6

9.8

0.80

11.6

9.8

6.1

0.92

k

9.3

9.1

7.3

0.93

14.0

9.0

8.3

0.88

x 0

6.6

4.7

4.8

0.95

5.9

4.7

4.6

0.96

Vmax

5.1

3.3

4.0

0.98

4.0

3.0

2.6

0.99

Edec

11.1

7.6

7.5

0.92

11.8

9.1

6.2

0.93

VTI

6.0

4.1

4.2

0.96

5.3

4.3

3.4

0.97

Tau

11.7

8.9

8.4

0.88

13.3

10.2

6.7

0.91

KFEI

2.7

2.6

2.0

0.89

2.5

2.2

1.9

0.91

c2 − 4k

18.7

18.9

30.1

0.92

14.3

16.2

14.7

0.95

Energy

14.6

13.7

9.6

0.94

10.6

9.8

6.4

0.98

Peak driving force

10.7

9.8

8.1

0.92

10.6

8.1

6.0

0.95

Peak resistive force

14.6

13.5

10.6

0.85

12.9

10.6

7.2

0.93

M

15.3

12.1

8.3

0.51

23.7

17.7

20.8

0.16

B

44.7

39.5

32.6

0.37

51.1

37.0

38.7

0.32

3B

Intraobserver

Interobserver

 

CV (%)

Difference (%)

SD

ICC

CV (%)

Difference (%)

SD

ICC

c

13.6

12.5

10.6

0.80

11.6

10.4

5.3

0.93

k

9.0

8.6

6.8

0.94

13.7

9.2

7.7

0.88

x 0

5.5

3.9

4.8

0.96

5.5

4.3

4.5

0.96

Vmax

2.4

2.3

1.9

0.99

3.8

3.0

2.5

0.99

Edec

9.7

6.9

7.1

0.94

11.5

7.9

6.6

0.94

VTI

4.0

2.9

3.1

0.98

5.1

4.2

3.2

0.97

Tau

10.7

8.6

8.0

0.90

13.1

8.8

7.1

0.92

KFEI

2.9

2.6

2.3

0.88

2.6

2.4

1.8

0.91

c2 − 4 k

17.9

15.8

25.0

0.93

12.7

13.1

11.9

0.96

Energy

16.0

14.2

11.0

0.93

10.9

9.7

6.5

0.98

Peak driving force

11.0

10.5

8.5

0.91

10.8

8.2

5.9

0.94

Peak resistive force

15.7

14.5

11.8

0.83

13.3

10.9

6.9

0.93

M

15.4

12.1

8.3

0.61

13.5

10.2

11.2

0.71

B

44.7

39.5

32.6

0.51

27.9

19.6

19.9

0.83

  1. 3A are the results obtained when observers were free to choose which E-waves to analyse from each set. 3B are the results obtained when comparing only those E-waves which both observers had analyzed. For c2-4 k, the coefficient of variation (CV) and percentage difference are given as positives for ease of comparison, although they are negative values mathematically. Vmax E-wave peak velocity, Edec E-wave deceleration time, VTI velocity time integral, KFEI kinematic filling efficiency index