Agreement in presence and type crackles on auscultation between initial and subsequent clinic visits
| Subsequent clinic visit* | |||||
| None | Fine crackles† | Coarse crackles | Total | ||
| Initial clinic visit* | None | 8 (53.3%) | 5 (33.3%) | 2 (13.3%) | 15 (8.8%) |
| Fine crackles† | 8 (5.5%) | 131 (89.7%) | 7 (4.8%) | 146 (85.4%) | |
| Coarse crackles | 1 (10.0%) | 5 (50.0%) | 4 (40.0%) | 10 (5.8%) | |
| Total | 17 (9.9%) | 141 (82.5%) | 13 (7.6%) | 171 (100%) | |
*Overall agreement=84%. Kappa=0.421; p<0.001.
†With or without coarse crackles.