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Table 2 Agreement between unblinded measurements and trial measurements

From: Investigating the effect of independent, blinded digital image assessment on the STOP GAP trial

 

Ciclosporin (n = 57)

Prednisolone (n = 51)

Total (n = 108)

Lesion size at baseline (cm2)

 Mean difference [SD]

4.9 [10.2]

6.7 [22.1]

5.8 [16.8]

 Mean absolute difference [SD]

5.5 [9.9]

7.0 [22.0]

6.2 [16.7]

 ICC (95% CI)

0.97 (0.94 to 0.99)

0.84 (0.73 to 0.91)

0.92 (0.88 to 0.95)

Lesion size at 6 weeks (cm2)

 Mean difference [SD]

4.7 [12.4]

5.2 [25.4]

4.9 [19.5]

 Mean absolute difference [SD]

4.8 [12.3]

5.3 [25.3]

5.0 [19.5]

 ICC (95% CI)

0.92 (0.85 to 0.95)

0.76 (0.61 to 0.85)

0.83 (0.76 to 0.88)

Speed of healing (cm2/day)

 Mean difference [SD]

0.00 [0.24]

−0.04 [0.20]

−0.02 [0.22]

 Mean absolute difference [SD]

0.10 [0.21]

0.09 [0.19]

0.10 [0.20]

 ICC (95% CI)

0.97 (0.95 to 0.98)

0.89 (0.82 to 0.94)

0.96 (0.94 to 0.97)

  1. The differences between measurement methods were calculated by unblinded physical measurement – trial measurement. CI confidence interval, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, SD standard deviation