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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2010 Aug 19;3(10):1342–1350. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-10-0022

Table 2.

Assessment of change in cell number and cytomorphology.

Variable and Time/Change Frequency P-value
Change in Cell Number per slide
Increase 6 (13%) 0.002
No Change 19 (42%)
Decrease 20 (44%)
Change in Categorical Descriptor
Worsen 9 (20%) 0.16
No Change 19 (42%)
Improve 17 (38%)
Change in Presence of Cytologic Atypia
Worsen (No Atypia → Atypia) 3 (7%) 0.013
No Change (Same at both RPFNAs) 30 (67%)
Improve (Atypia → No Atypia) 12 (27%)
Masood Score Median (range)
Baseline 15
11 – 17
0.13
12-month 14
10 – 20
Change from baseline 0
−5 to +5
Change in Masood Score by ≥2 points Frequency
Worsen 5 (11%) 0.090
No Change 28 (62%)
Improve 12 (27%)