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Table 1 Intraclass correlation co-efficient

From: A histological method for quantifying Plasmodium falciparum in the brain in fatal paediatric cerebral malaria

Variable

Intraclass

95% CI

Correlation

Coefficient

% Vessels Parasitized (vpc)

0.970

0.948

0.983

Unpigmented Parasites (upp)

0.314

0.039

0.545

Pigmented Parasites (pp)

0.823

0.706

0.900

Pigment (pg)

0.905

0.837

0.945

Total Pigment (tpg)

0.928

0.876

0.959

Fibrin

0.284

0.006

0.522

  1. Intraclass correlation co-efficient (CV) for two observers (NF and DM) comparing counts for the first 50 cases by each element.