Table 1.

Comparison of the Abbott RealTime HR HPV and the HR Hybrid Capture 2 findings stratified for controls and cases

Sample	Assay result (no. of samples)			Total
	Abbott RealTime HR HPV	HR HPV HC2
		+	−
Controls	+	52c	18	70
	−	16	828c	844a
Total		68	846b	914
Cases (≥CIN2)	+	81f	0	81d
	−	1	2f	3
Total		82e	2	84

^aAbsolute specificity for the Abbott RealTime HR HPV test was 92.3% (95% CI, 90.4 to 94.0).

^bAbsolute specificity for HR HC2 was 92.6% (95% CI, 90.7 to 94.2).

^cOverall agreement for controls was 96.3% with a k value of 0.73 (95% CI, 0.65 to 0.82).

^dAbsolute sensitivity for the Abbott RealTime HR HPV test was 96.4% (95% CI, 89.9 to 99.3).

^eAbsolute sensitivity for HR HC2 was 97.6% (95% CI, 91.7 to 99.7).

^fOverall agreement for cases was 96.4% with a k value of 0.79 (95% CI, 0.402 to 1.00).