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Table 4 Interobserver reproducibility of joint space width measurements

From: Reproducibility and sensitivity to change of various methods to measure joint space width in osteoarthritis of the hip: a double reading of three different radiographic views taken with a three-year interval

View

Observer

Baseline JSW reading 1 (mm; mean ± SD)

Mean of difference (mm; mean ± SD)

ICC (95% CI)

Joint space change from M0 to M36 in reading 1 (mm)

ICC (95% CI)

Pelvic

1

2.33 ± 0.81

-0.34 ± 0.52

0.80 (0.52–0.91)

-0.40 ± 0.65

0.79 (0.65–0.88)

 

2

2.67 ± 1.07

  

-0.54 ± 0.66

 

Hip AP

1

2.41 ± 0.86

-0.27 ± 0.39

0.88 (0.66–0.95)

-0.39 ± 0.61

0.87 (0.78–0.93)

 

2

2.69 ± 1.05

  

-0.49 ± 0.66

 

Oblique

1

2.37 ± 0.79

-0.31 ± 0.61

0.72 (0.50–0.85)

-0.46 ± 0.59

0.86 (0.76–0.92)

 

2

2.69 ± 1.00

  

-0.47 ± 0.67

 
  1. Shown is the interobserver reproducibility of joint space width (JSW) measurements between the two readers for the three radiographic views. AP, anteroposterior; CI, confidence interval; ICC, intraclass coefficient of correlation; SD, standard deviation.