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Table 2 Correlation, bias, and limits of agreement between axillary and tympanic measurements of body temperature

From: Accuracy of tympanic temperature measurement using an infrared tympanic membrane thermometer

Axillary vs. tympanic temperature

Correlation Coefficient

Bias ± SD

95% CI

Limits of agreement

 

0.697

−0.093 ± 0.72

−0.20; 0.02

−1.54 to 1.36