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Table 3 IVF usage during IVF Study reported at ART-FS compared to clinical recordsa

From: Self-reported infertility diagnoses and treatment history approximately 20 years after fertility treatment initiation

  

Cohen’s kappa Κ (95% CI)

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Type of transfer

 Fresh IVF cycles

ART-FS recall

0.03 (−0.02, 0.08)

0.88 (0.86, 0.90)

0.27 (0.01, 0.54)

Clinical records

 

+

–

+

700

97

–

8

3

 Frozen IVF cycles

ART-FS recall

0.22 (0.15, 0.29)

0.56 (0.49, 0.64)

0.71 (0.68, 0.75)

Clinical records

 

+

–

+

92

71

–

186

459

  

Weighted Cohen’s kappa Κ (95% CI)

  

Number of IVF cycles

 All (fresh and frozen) (0–6+)

0.50 (0.45, 0.55)

  

 Fresh (0–6+)

0.50 (0.45, 0.55)

  

 Frozen (0–6+)

0.40 (0.32, 0.49)

  
  1. ART-FS AfteR Treatment Follow-up Study, IVF in vitro fertilization, 95% CI 95% confidence interval
  2. a Clinical records used as gold standard to calculate specificity and sensitivity
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Fertility Research and Practice

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