Figure 2.
Number needed to test with endocervical canal curettage (ECC) to detect one additional case of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse (CIN2+) among 5,593 referral colposcopically-guided biopsy examinations processed at Alberta Hospital 2003–2007
* NNT was undefined as no CIN2+ was detected in examinations among women age 46+ with ASCUS/AGUS/LSIL cytology referral, high grade colposcopic impression (n=18 satisfactory colposcopy and n=10 with unsatisfactory colposcopy). These categories are excluded from the figure.