Table 6. Histo- and cytopathology follow-up results.

	Cytology		Histology
	classification	n (%)	Normal	CIN 1	CIN 2	CIN 3+	No histology
1. Study group *
a. Persisting type specific hr-HPV (n = 91)
	No cytology	1 (1.1)	1
	Normal	55 (60.4)					55
	ASCUS	16 (17.6)	4	2	1		9
	LSIL	10 (11.0)	1	6	1		6
	HSIL	9 (9.9)			3	5	1
b. Cleared type-specific hr-HPV (n = 75)
	Normal	52 (69.3)					52
	ASCUS	15 (20.0)	3	1			11
	LSIL	5 (6.7)	1	1	1	1	1
	HSIL	3 (4.0)		1	1	1	0
2. Control group #
(n = 246)
	Normal	227 (92.3)					227
	ASCUS	14 (5.7)	1				13
	LSIL	2 (0.8)			1		1
	HSIL	3 (1.2)				2	1

*Study group: study month 12 hr-HPV positive women. Mean interval between study month 12 and cytology = 13 months.

^#Control group: study month 12 hr-HPV negative women. Mean interval between study month 12 and cytology = 12 months.