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Table 3 Inter-observer agreement of thyroid gland diameters and thyroid volume (Tvol) measured by portable ultrasound in children aged 6-14 years (n = 12), in examiners 1 and 2.

From: Data quality and practical challenges of thyroid volume assessment by ultrasound under field conditions - observer errors may affect prevalence estimates of goitre

 

Right lobe

Left lobe

Tvol

 

ML

AP

CC

ML

AP

CC

 

ICC*

0.48

-0.04

0.28

0.59

0.50

-0.19

0.38

(95% CI)

(-0.08, 0.81)

(-0.77, 0.19)

(-0.31, 0.72)

(0.08, 0.86)

(-0.05, 0.82)

(-0.66, 0.40)

(-0.20, 0.77)

  1. *ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, one-way random model (measure of agreement)