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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2005 Apr;9(2):93–99. doi: 10.1097/00128360-200504000-00005

Table 2.

Telomerase Analysis and Biopsy Results

Colposcopy/Biopsy result No.a Median 25th–75th Percentileb Minimum–maximum
Normalc 40 0.012 0.005–0.020 0.0003–0.237
CIN 1 25 0.017 0.008–0.030 0.001–0.157
CIN 2 5 0.021 0.015–0.122 0.009–0.137
CIN 2 or higher 15 0.056 0.009–0.122 0.001–0.179
CIN 3 or higher 10 0.061 0.005–0.119 0.001–0.179

CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

a

Biopsy results were not available for 12 samples.

b

Overall group difference was not statistically significant but differed between normal and CIN 2 or higher groups (p = 0.035).

c

Those with a normal Pap smear result with no colposcopy/biopsy done were assumed to be “normal.”