Table 3.
Proportion of women at risk for cervical precancer given VIA result, by age group
| Total | Risk for cervical precancer%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-risk | Increased risk | Low risk | |||||||
| # | Column % | # | % | # | % | # | % | p-valuea | |
| Age 15–29 | |||||||||
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| Suspect Cancer | 23 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 39.1 | 14 | 60.9 | |
| Positive | 18 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 33.3 | 12 | 66.7 | |
| Negative | 197 | 82.8 | 2 | 1.0 | 47 | 23.9 | 148 | 75.1 | |
| SCJ not visible | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
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| Total (Row %) | 238 | 100.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 62 | 26.1 | 174 | 73.1 | 0.21 |
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| Age 30–49 | |||||||||
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| Suspect Cancer | 27 | 6.4 | 1 | 3.7 | 3 | 11.1 | 23 | 85.2 | |
| Positive | 28 | 6.6 | 3 | 10.7 | 3 | 10.7 | 22 | 78.6 | |
| Negative | 358 | 84.8 | 5 | 1.4 | 61 | 17.0 | 293 | 81.6 | |
| SCJ not visible | 9 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 100.0 | |
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| Total (Row %) | 422 | 100.0 | 9 | 2.1 | 67 | 15.9 | 346 | 82.0 | 0.01 |
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| Age 50–95 | |||||||||
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| Suspect Cancer | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 26.7 | 22 | 73.3 | |
| Positive | 35 | 7.0 | 2 | 5.7 | 9 | 25.7 | 24 | 68.6 | |
| Negative | 305 | 60.6 | 5 | 1.6 | 48 | 15.0 | 267 | 83.4 | |
| SCJ not visible | 133 | 26.4 | 3 | 2.3 | 26 | 19.6 | 104 | 78.2 | |
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| Total (Row %) | 503 | 100.0 | 10 | 2.0 | 85 | 16.9 | 408 | 81.1 | 0.03 |
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Anova p-values. For tests of significance, VIA results of positive and suspicious cancer are combined and excludes women with “SCJ not visible.”