TABLE 3.

A Comparison of Detection of HPV Types in the α3/α15 Phylogenetic Species and α9/α11 Phylogenetic Species in the Vaginal (V) Specimens With the Cervical (C) Specimens for Women Under the Age of 50, 50 and Older, and All Women

	C+	V+	C−/V−	C+/V−	C−/V+	C+/V+	Total	P	κ	% Agree
α3/α15
25–49 y
n	14	34	219	2	22	12	255	<0.00005	0.46	91
%	5	13	86	1	9	5
50–85 y
n	13	16	80	2	5	11	98	0.3	0.72	93
%	13	16	82	2	5	11
Total
n	27	50	299	4	27	23	353	<0.00005	0.55	91
%	8	14	85	1	8	7
α9/α11
25–49 y
n	30	26	216	13	9	17	255	0.4	0.56	91
%	12	10	85	5	4	7
50–85 y
n	23	18	73	7	2	16	98	0.1	0.72	91
%	23	18	74	7	2	16
Total
n	53	44	289	20	11	33	353	0.1	0.63	91
%	15	12	82	6	3	9

Kappa (κ) values and % agreement (% Agree) are presented. An exact McNemar’s χ² test was used to test for statistically significant differences in prevalence.