TABLE 2.
Agreement in human papillomavirus (HPV) positivity (any type) between paired cervical exfoliated cells specimens and biopsies by cervical status.Kenya 2009
| Cervical status | N | Any HPV | |||||
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| Cyto | Histo | Cells+/biopsy+ N (%) | Cells+/biopsy- N (%) | Cells-/biopsy+ N (%) | Cells-/biopsy- N (%) | Agreement (%) | |
| Norm | Norm | 94 | 15 (16.0) | 44 (46.8) | 1 (1.1) | 34 (36.2) | 52.1 |
| Any | ≤CIN1a | 265 | 71 (26.8) | 96 (36.2) | 3 (1.1) | 95 (35.8) | 62.6 |
| <HSIL | CIN2/3 | 51 | 30 (58.8) | 12 (23.5) | 1 (2.0) | 8 (15.7) | 74.5 |
| HSIL | CIN2/3 | 58 | 51 (87.9) | 5 (8.6) | 1 (1.7) | 1 (1.7) | 89.7 |
| Overall | 468 | 167 (35.7) | 157 (33.5) | 6 (1.3) | 138 (29.5) | 65.2 | |
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Including normal biopsies only in combination with any cytological abnormality.
CIN: cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; HSIL: high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.