Table 3. Outcome for the 225 women triaged only with repeat cytology when the cut-off is ASC-H+.
| Cytological findings | Outcome | % | 95% CI | |||
| CIN2+ | <CIN2 2) | Total 3) | Sensitivity | 33.9 | 21.5, 46.3 | |
| ASC-H+1) | 19 | 4 | 23 | Specificity | 97.6 | 95.3, 99.9 |
| <ASC-H | 37 | 165 | 202 | PPV | 82.6 | 67.1, 98.1 |
| Total | 56 | 169 | 225 | NPV | 81.7 | 76.4, 87.0 |
1)
ASC-H = atypical squamous cell cannot exclude HSIL, ASC-H+ = ASC-H and HSIL.
2)
<CIN2 includes women with a histological diagnosis of CIN1 or CIN0 (n = 29) and women referred back to screening because of two normal follow-up smears 12 months apart (n = 140).
3)
Chi square = 42.3, p<0.001.