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Table 5 Kappa coefficient agreement for categorized measures of lowest CD4+ T-cell count before cART and highest viral load before cART between HIV-BCS and SISCEL databases

From: Validation of CD4+ T-cell and viral load data from the HIV-Brazil Cohort Study using secondary system data

Sites of HIV-BCSa

CD4+ T-cellb

Viral loadc

Kappa

p-value

Kappa

p-value

I

0.980

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

II

0.983

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

III

0.905

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

IV

0.889

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

V

1.000

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

VI

1.000

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

VII

0.985

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

VIII

0.885

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

IX

0.938

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

X

0.937

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

XI

0.867

P < 0.001

0.855

P < 0.001

XII

0.989

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

XIII

0.940

P < 0.001

1.000

P < 0.001

Total

0.932

P < 0.001

0.996

P < 0.001

  1. aI - Manaus – FMT; II - Belém UREDIP; III - Santarém - Municipal STF; IV - Recife - HC/UFPE; V - J. Guararapes - MUNICIPAL STF; VI - Salvador – HUPES; VII - Salvador - CEDAP; VIII - Rio de Janeiro – IPEC; IX Belo Horizonte - UFMG; X - São Paulo - CRT/SP; XI - São Paulo - Municipal Network; XII - SAE S.J.R.P - MUNICIPAL STF; XIII - Porto Alegre – PARTENON;
  2. bCategorized lowest CD4+ T-cell before cART was grouped in: < 200 cell/mm3, 200 |-- 350 cell/mm3, ≥ 350 cell/mm3;
  3. cViral load was grouped in: above or below assay lower limit of detection. The lower limit of detection varied according to method over the years between 400 and 40 copies / ml
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