Research Article
Comparison of 3-Tier Cytological Grading Systems for Breast Carcinoma
Table 3
Analysis of inter-observer agreement for cytological grading systems.
| | HP | Fisher’s system | Robinson system | Dabbs’ system | Khan’s system | Taniguchi’s system | Mouriquand’s system | Howell’s system |
| Inter-observer agreement | 69/72 | 61/72 | 60/72 | 58/72 | 57/72 | 58/72 | 55/72 | 54/72 | 95.8% | 84.7% | 83.3% | 80.5% | 79.1% | 80.5% | 76.3% | 75% | Kappa value | 0.921 | 0.616 | 0.708 | 0.56 | 0.615 | 0.618 | 0.561 | 0.499 | Almost perfect | substantial | substantial | moderate | substantial | substantial | moderate | moderate |
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