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. 2024 Mar 19;24:349. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-12106-y

Table 2.

Accuracy rates for transformation zone, colposcopic diagnosis, and biopsy

All participants Annual colposcopy examination number
≤ 50 > 50 P
Transformation Zone
 Overall accuracy rate 0.47 (0.45, 0.49) 0.45 (0.42, 0.48) 0.49 (0.46, 0.53) 0.034
 Accuracy rate for Type I/II 0.57 (0.54, 0.61) 0.56 (0.52, 0.60) 0.59 (0.54, 0.64) 0.163
 Accuracy rate for Type III 0.22 (0.19, 0.25) 0.19 (0.15, 0.23) 0.26 (0.22, 0.31) 0.015
Colposcopic Diagnosis
 Overall accuracy rate 0.53 (0.51, 0.55) 0.50 (0.48, 0.53) 0.56 (0.53, 0.59) 0.005
 Accuracy rate for Benign/normal 0.44 (0.40, 0.48) 0.42 (0.37, 0.48) 0.47 (0.41, 0.53) 0.138
 Accuracy rate for LSIL 0.54 (0.51, 0.58) 0.54 (0.49, 0.58) 0.55 (0.50, 0.60) 0.346
 Accuracy rate for HSIL+ 0.59 (0.56, 0.63) 0.54 (0.49, 0.59) 0.65 (0.60, 0.71) 0.001
 Over diagnosis rate 0.22 (0.21, 0.24) 0.22 (0.19, 0.24) 0.23 (0.21, 0.25) 0.213
 Miss diagnosis rate 0.15 (0.14, 0.17) 0.16 (0.15, 0.18) 0.14 (0.12, 0.16) 0.027
Biopsy
 Accuracy rate 0.73 (0.71, 0.74) 0.71 (0.69, 0.73) 0.75 (0.72, 0.77) 0.013
 Over biopsy rate 0.09 (0.07, 0.10) 0.09 (0.07, 0.10) 0.08 (0.07, 0.10) 0.269
 Miss biopsy rate 0.15 (0.13, 0.16) 0.16 (0.14, 0.18) 0.14 (0.11, 0.16) 0.070

Data are presented as means with 95% confidence intervals

Abbreviations LSIL, Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; HSIL+, High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion or worse