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Table 4 Agreement for presence of selected comorbidities between administrative data

From: (Dis)concordance of comorbidity data and cancer status across administrative datasets, medical charts, and self-reports

 

Comorbidity

Administrative data Present, n (%)

SCQ data Present, n (%)

Percentage agreement %, (95%CI)

κ statistic (95% CI)

Data available for all six study sites (n=112)

Heart disease

0 (0)

9 (8.0)

92 (87-97)

0 (0-0)

Diabetes

7 (6.3)

10 (8.9)

97 (94-100)

0.81 (0.60-1.00)

Liver disease

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

99 (97-100)

0 (0-0)

Cancer

112 (100)

27 (24.1)

24 (16-32)

0 (0-0)

Rheumatic diseasea

0 (0)

7 (6.3)

94 (89-98)

0 (0-0)

Ulcer or stomach disease

0 (0)

4 (3.6)

96 (93-100)

0 (0-0)

Renal disease

1 (0.9)

1 (0.9)

98 (96-100)

-0.01 (-0.02-0.00)

Chronic pulmonary disease

0 (0)

5 (4.5)

96 (92-99)

0 (0-0)

Data available for all sites except site 1 (n=98)

High blood pressure

42 (42.9)

40 (40.8)

88 (81-94)

0.75 (0.61-0.88)

Anaemia or other blood disease

6 (6.1)

2 (2.0)

96 (92-100)

0.48 (0.05-0.92)

Depression

0 (0)

11 (11.2)

89 (82-95)

0 (0-0)

Back pain

0 (3)

26 (26.5)

73 (65-82)

0 (0-0)

Osteoarthritis/degenerative arthritis

6 (6.1)

22 (22.4)

78 (69-86)

0.13 (-0.07-0.33)

 

Total count

174

165

  
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