Table 3

Chest radiograph panel performance compared with expert reference interpretations

N=1652*Expert
PEPNo PEPTotal
PanelPEP23249281
No PEP6813031371
Total30013521652
Sensitivity232/300 (77.3%)
Specificity1303/1352 (96.3%)
Positive predictive value232/281 (82.5%)
Negative predictive value1303/1371 (95.0%)
Per cent agreement, % (n/N)92.9% (1535/1652)
Unadjusted kappa0.75
Adjusted kappa†0.85
  • *Twenty-one uninterpretable chest radiographs excluded.

  • †Prevalence-adjusted, bias-adjusted kappa statistic.

  • PEP, primary endpoint pneumonia.