Table 3.
Relative sensitivity [95% CI] for ≥ CIN2 detection | Relative sensitivity [95% CI] for ≥ CIN3 detection | Relative specificity [95% CI] for < CIN2 detection | |
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Manufacturer cut‐offs a | |||
Vaginal self‐sample | 0.96 [0.90–1.02] | 0.95 [0.87–1.04] | 0.90 [0.84–0.96] |
FVU | 0.95 [0.88–1.02] | 0.93 [0.85–1.03] | 1.03 [0.96–1.12] |
New cut‐offs b | |||
Vaginal self‐sample | 0.95 [0.90–1.00] | 0.93 [0.86–1.01] | 0.94 [0.88–1.01] |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
Manufacturer's positivity threshold for all hrHPV types in cervical samples and vaginal self‐samples: Ct ≤ 40; in FVU: Ct ≤ 44.
New a posteriori cut‐offs vaginal self‐sample: HPV16 Ct ≤ 39, HPV18 Ct ≤ 37, other hrHPV Ct ≤ 38.