Table 3.
Agreement between the HPV Results from Self- and Physician Sampling
HPV results from self-collected samples | HPV results from physician-collected samples | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | |||
Other HPV types excluding 16, 18 and 45 | HPV 18 and/or 45 | HPV 16 | ||
Negative | 230 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Positive | ||||
Other HPV | ||||
types excluding | ||||
16, 18 and 45 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
HPV 18 and/or 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
HPV 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Agreement when two categories are used* | ||||
Agreement | 92.8 | |||
Kappa | 0.57 | |||
Agreement when four categories are used** | ||||
Agreement | 92.1 | |||
Kappa | 0.53 |
HPV, human papilloma virus; *, The two categories used are negative and positive; **, The four categories used are negative, other HPV types excluding 16, 18 and 45, HPV 18 and/or 45 and HPV 16