TABLE 1.
Percentages of HPV positivity and agreement between HC II results with STM and PC liquid cytology medium specimens
| Collection device(s) | No. of specimens | HC II assay cutoff (pg/ml) | % of specimens that were positive
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Agreementa
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| STM HC II | PC HC II | % Total | % Positive | Kappa value (95% CIs) | |||
| Conical brush | 105 | 0.2 | 15.2 | 24.8 | 86.7 | 50.0 | 0.59 (0.40, 0.78) |
| 0.5 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 96.2 | 77.8 | 0.85 (0.71, 0.99) | ||
| 1.0 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 97.1 | 81.3 | 0.88 (0.75, 1.00) | ||
| Dacron swab | 103 | 0.2 | 12.6 | 19.4 | 89.3 | 50.0 | 0.61 (0.40, 0.81) |
| 0.5 | 11.7 | 16.5 | 93.2 | 61.1 | 0.72 (0.53, 0.91) | ||
| 1.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 92.2 | 46.7 | 0.59 (0.34, 0.85) | ||
| Conical brush and Dacron swab | 208 | 0.2 | 13.9 | 22.1 | 88.0 | 50.0 | 0.60 (0.46, 0.74) |
| 0.5 | 13.5 | 15.9 | 94.7 | 69.4 | 0.79 (0.67, 0.91) | ||
| 1.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 94.7 | 64.5 | 0.75 (0.62, 0.89) | ||
a
% Total, percentage of the total number of specimens collected in STM and PC that produced identical results; % Positive, percentage of specimens positive in either STM or PC that produced identical results.