Ethnomedicinal use of African pangolins by traditional medical practitioners in Sierra Leone

Table 3 Informant Agreement Ratio (IAR) of pangolin body parts for each International Classification of Diseases (ICD) category

	International Classification of Diseases (ICD) categories																	Total
Parts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	IAR
Scales	0.048			0.024	0.012	0.012			0.024	0.156	0.108	0.024	0.012	0.060	0.060		0.300	0.841
Oil	0.031						0.031			0.470	0.157			0.157				0.846
Meat	0.028	0.028			0.055		0.083		0.249		0.028		0.111	0.028		0.028		0.636
Head				0.079	0.026		0.026		0.079	0.026	0.026	0.052		0.183	0.026		0.026	0.550
Tail	0.079			0.026	0.053				0.026	0.026	0.053		0.026	0.053	0.026		0.158	0.579
Foot	0.214									0.143				0.071	0.071			0.500
Tongue				0.071			0.214				0.143			0.071				0.500
Bones										0.095	0.381				0.190			0.667
Blood	0.024						0.024		0.024		0.024				0.024		0.048	0.167
Male sex organ	0.067	0.000		0.033					0.033			0.033		0.033				0.200
Intestines									0.300					0.100			0.100	0.500
Claws							0.000	0.000		0.000							0.000	0.000
Brain				0.167			0.083		0.083									0.333
Heart							0.167	0.000	0.333									0.500
Whole animal	0.000																0.000	0.000
Toes	0.000				0.000													0.000
Thorax											0.000			0.000				0.000
Forefoot		0.000		0.000														0.000
Eyes	1.000																	1.000
Throat		0.000																0.000
Sex organ (both male and female)												0.000						0.000
Liver								0.000										0.000

Codes for ICD categories: 1 = Certain infectious and parasitic diseases, 2 = Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism, 3 = Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, 4 = Mental and behavioural disorders, 5 = Diseases of the nervous system, 6 = Diseases of the ear and mastoid process, 7 = Diseases of the circulatory system, 8 = Diseases of the respiratory system, 9 = Diseases of the digestive system, 10 = Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, 11 = Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, 12 = Diseases of the genitourinary system, 13 = Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period, 14 = Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified, 15 = Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes, 16 = Factors influencing health status and contact with health services, 17 = Spiritual ailments.

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