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Table 2 Sensitivity, specificity and Cohen’s Kappa estimate of smoking status prenatal or during offspring’s childhood

From: Agreement of offspring-reported parental smoking status: the RHINESSA generation study

Parents’ smoking status during offspring’s childhood 0–10 years (offspring n = 7185, parents n = 5307)

 

95% CI

 Sensitivity

0.82

[0.81;0.84]

 Specificity

0.95

[0.95;0.96]

 Cohen’s Kappa

0.79

[0.78;0.80]

Mothers’ smoking status during pregnancy (offspring n = 807, mother n = 679)

 

95% CI

 Sensitivity

0.66

[0.60;0.71]

 Specificity

0.92

[0.90;0.95]

 Cohen’s Kappa

0.61

[0.55;0.67]

  1. CI confidence interval