Table 1

Standard deviations of tumour height, transverse and longitudinal base diameter measurements between different examiners on four visits as well as over all visits

Examiner
Mean (SD) over all patientsABCSD between different examiners
*Number of different measurements over all three examiners.
†Number of different measurements within one examiner.
Visit 1
    Height4.20 (2.37)4.34 (2.57)4.38 (2.70)0.30 (n=3)*
    Transverse9.25 (2.67)9.66 (2.07)9.37 (2.79)1.01
    Longitudinal9.76 (2.50)10.05 (2.67)9.59 (2.81)0.72
Visit 2
    Height4.34 (2.54)4.44 (2.57)4.32 (2.56)0.15 (n=3)*
    Transverse8.90 (2.34)9.40 (2.28)9.12 (2.54)0.81
    Longitudinal9.75 (2.49)10.04 (2.20)9.74 (2.51)0.58
Visit 3
    Height4.37 (2.58)4.36 (2.55)4.35 (2.56)0.13 (n=3)*
    Transverse9.11 (2.38)9.59 (2.31)9.20 (2.58)0.76
    Longitudinal9.63 (2.63)9.94 (2.52)9.48 (2.72)0.78
Visit 4
    Height4.30 (2.51)4.34 (2.53)4.33 (2.53)0.10 (n=3)*
    Transverse9.08 (2.35)9.62 (2.19)9.42 (2.46)0.68
    Longitudinal9.47 (2.25)9.94 (2.30)9.70 (2.58)0.63
Visits 1–4
    Height4.30 (2.45)4.37 (2.50)4.35 (2.54)
    Transverse9.09 (2.40)9.57 (2.17)9.28 (2.55)
    Longitudinal9.65 (2.43)9.99 (2.38)9.63 (2.60)
Mean SD within one patient over all 4 visits (within each examiner)
    Height0.18 (n=4)†0.16 (n=4)†0.15 (n=4)†0.18 (n=12)*
    Transverse0.560.610.500.79
    Longitudinal0.630.720.470.69