Table 3.

Mean HPV viral load in cervical disease categories

HPV type	Viral load by disease categorya
	<CIN2 and normal cytology			<CIN2 and ASCUS or LSIL			CIN2 or <CIN2 and HSIL			CIN3			Cancer
	n	Mean LA	Mean Q-PCR	n	Mean LA	Mean Q-PCR	n	Mean LA	Mean Q-PCR	n	Mean LA	Mean Q-PCR	n	Mean LA	Mean Q-PCR
16	4	338	274	9	395	3,635	21	442	10,712	8	509	194,387	9	457	80,749
18	3	154	109	3	363	55,617	12	429	12,108	5	332	1,747	3	518	92,167
31	3	411	206	5	473	3,462	5	440	4,007	4	483	9,221	0	NAb	NA
33	2	412	2,651	2	386	745,801	8	469	44,115	5	425	33,823	1	556	3,664,080
52	2	299	8	4	388	1,289	9	486	19,697	1	254	181	1	98	NA

^aMean LA, arithmetic mean of measured LA signal intensities; mean PCR, geometric mean of Q-PCR results; n, number of women.

^bNA, not available.