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. 2023 Dec 4;23:2413. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17358-0

Table 2.

Epidemiological data, test accuracies, treatment effectiveness, transitional probabilities, and utilities

Parameters/Health states Values SE References
Epidemiological data
Prevalence
 HPV infection at age 25–30 years 11.7% 1.9% Tangjitgamol, 2022 [18]
 HPV infected but normal pathology 56.7% 3.4% Phoolcharoen, 2017 [19]
 CIN2+ (included cervical cancer) 1.7% 0.3% Phoolcharoen, 2017 [19]
 Cervical cancer (per 100 000 women) 68.6 8.3 Globocan, 2020 [3]
 Incidence of high-risk HPV infection 0.0051 0.0005 Shama, 2012 [20]
Accuracies of screening tests for detecting CIN2 or worse (%, 95% CI)
Self-collected samples for HPV DNA testing: relative sensitivity 0.91 0.88, 0.96 Inturrisi, 2021 [17], Arbyn, 2022 [16]
Self-collected samples for HPV DNA testing: relative specificity 1.02 1.01, 1.02 Inturrisi, 2021 [17], Arbyn, 2022 [16]
Clinician-collected samples for HPV DNA testing: sensitivity 91% 87, 94 Arbyn, 2014 [10]
Clinician-collected samples for HPV DNA testing: specificity 88% 85, 91 Arbyn, 2014 [10]
Clinician-collected samples for cytology test: sensitivity (test cutoff at ASCUS or worse) 83% 75, 89 Arbyn, 2014 [10]
Clinician-collected samples for cytology test: specificity (test cutoff at ASCUS or worse) 91% 87, 94 Arbyn, 2014 [10]
Treatment effectiveness
Treatment access rate 100% - Assumption
% eligibility for treatment for CIN1 90% - Campos, 2020 [42]
Treatment effectiveness 88% 9% Campos, 2020 [42]
Proportion of women retaining HPV infection following treatment 15% - Campos, 2020 [42]
Regression rate of CIN2/3 to normal or CIN1/2 with treatment 0.46 0.20 Tainio, 2018 [24]
Transitional probabilities
Progression of condition/disease
 HPV infected → CIN1 0.069 0.015 Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21]
 CIN1 → CIN2 0.155 0.024 Bekos, 2018 [23]
 CIN2 → CIN3 0.270 0.065 Bekos, 2018 [23]
 CIN3 → stage 1 0.026 0.008 Bekos, 2018 [23]

 Stage 1 → stage 2

 Probability of recurrence

0.355

0.010

0.296

0.001

Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21]

Gomez-Hidalgo, 2022 [22]

 Stage 2 → stage 3

 Probability of recurrence

0.415

0.010

0.296

0.001

Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21]

Gomez-Hidalgo, 2022 [22]

 Stage 3 → stage 4

 Probability of recurrence

0.495

0.107

0.131

-

Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21]

Xue, 2018 [25]

 Stage 4

 Probability of recurrence

0.234 - Scatchard, 2012 [26]
Regression of condition/disease

HPV infected → normal

 age 25–29 years

 age ≥ 30 years

0.370

0.103

0.033

0.018

Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21]

CIN1 → normal

 age 25–34 years

 age ≥ 35 years

0.140

0.071

0.022

0.019

Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21],

Bekos, 2018 [23]

CIN1 → HPV infected

 age 25–34 years

 age ≥ 35 years

0.021

0.011

0.002

0.002

Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21],

Bekos, 2018 [23]

CIN2/3 → normal or CIN1/2 0.069 0.013 Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21]
CIN2/3 → normal or CIN1/2 (with treatment) 0.411 0.113 Tainio, 2018 [24]

Stage 2

 Recurrence 2 → remission 2

0.760 0.015 Xue, 2018 [25]

Stage 3

 Persistence 3 → remission 3

 Remission 3 → remission 3

 Recurrence 3 → remission 3

0.760

0.850

0.760

0.015

0.015

0.015

Xue, 2018 [25]

Xue, 2018 [25]

Xue, 2018 [25]

Stage 4

 Recurrence 4 → remission 4

0.220 0.015 Scatchard, 2012 [26]
Utilities

Normal/HPV infected/CIN1

 age 25–34 years

 age 35–44 years

 age 45–54 years

 age 55–64 years

 age ≥ 65 years

0.91

0.89

0.86

0.80

0.78

0.09

0.09

0.09

0.08

0.08

Termrungruanglert, 2021 [5]

CIN2-3

 age 25–34 years

 age 35–44 years

 age ≥ 45 years

0.91

0.89

0.87

0.09

0.09

0.09

Termrungruanglert, 2021 [5]

Cervical cancer stage 1

 Persistence 1

 Remission 1

 Recurrence 1

0.74

0.80

0.79

0.8

0.01

0.20

0.01

0.03

Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21]

Cervical cancer stage 2

 Persistence 2

 Remission 2

 Recurrence 2

0.76

0.80

0.79

0.68

0.01

0.04

0.01

0.02

Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21]

Cervical cancer stage 3

 Persistence 3

 Remission 3

 Recurrence 3

0.72

0.65

0.81

0.66

0.02

0.05

0.01

0.04

Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21]

Cervical cancer stage 4

 Persistence 4

 Remission 4

 Recurrence 4

0.63

0.45

0.85

0.81

0.03

0.05

0.05

0.08

Praditsitithikorn, 2011 [21]

ASCUS, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; HPV DNA, human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid; SE, standard error