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Item Authors’ judgement Description

Representative spectrum? Yes ESKD patients assessed for CAD before
All tests kidney transplant.

Acceptable reference standard? Yes Coronary angiography with a reference
All tests standard threshold of ≥ 75% stenosis

Acceptable delay between tests? Unclear Likely to be short delay between tests.
All tests

Partial verification avoided? Yes All participants who underwent the index
All tests test received the reference standard test

Differential verification avoided? Yes Disease status (CAD) diagnosed by coro-
All tests nary angiography.

Incorporation avoided? Yes Disease status (CAD) diagnosed by coro-
All tests nary angiography.

Reference standard results blinded? Yes Analysis of the coronary angiograms was
All tests performed using a digital analysis system
operated by a cardiologist blinded to the
calcification score

Index test results blinded? Yes The acquired images were scored with the
All tests use of Imatron software by a single radiolo-
gist blinded to the clinical or angiographic
history of the patient

Relevant clinical information? Yes Relevant clinical information was provided
All tests regarding the performance and analysis of
both the index and reference tests

Uninterpretable results reported? Yes There were no uninterpretable results.
All tests

Withdrawals explained? Yes There were no withdrawals.
All tests

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