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. 2013 Dec 3;134(12):2891–2901. doi: 10.1002/ijc.28616

Table 1.

The percent positive of the triage tests/methods among HPV DNA positives by specimen collection method (clinician or self) and test (careHPV™ or Hybrid Capture 2 [HC2]), overall and by age group

Clinician collection
careHPV HC2
careHPV+ HC2+
HPV16/18/45 Colpo HPV16/18/45
n careHPV (≥10) DNA1 E6 impression VIA (2nd) n HC2 (≥10) E6 Colpo Impression VIA (2nd)
All 1065 58.3 28.4 10.5 19.9 16.4 1076 62.6 10.5 20.9 17.4
Age group (years)
 <30 46 58.7 30.4 2.2 37.0 30.2 47 53.2 2.1 34.0 27.3
 30–39 241 59.8 28.2 7.5 29.9 26.0 240 65.8 7.5 32.5 28.7
 40–49 401 58.4 27.2 9.2 20.2 16.3 410 62.4 9.0 21.0 17.2
 50+ 377 57.3 29.4 14.9 11.1 8.7 379 61.7 15.0 11.9 9.5
Self collection
careHPV HC2
careHPV+ HC2+
HPV16/18/45 Colpo HPV16/18/45
N careHPV (≥10) DNA1 E6 impression VIA (2nd) n HC2 (≥10) E6 Colpo Impression VIA (2nd)
All 1074 48.0 23.4 8.7 17.8 14.8 1329 52.1 7.9 18.0 15.1
Age group (years)
 <30 51 47.1 25.5 2.0 27.5 22.5 54 64.8 1.9 29.6 25.0
 30–39 232 45.3 23.7 6.0 28.9 25.1 315 47.9 5.4 28.6 24.6
 40–49 406 47.8 20.9 8.1 17.5 14.1 525 51.2 7.2 17.0 14.1
 50+ 385 50.1 25.5 11.7 10.1 8.2 435 54.7 11.3 10.1 8.5
1

careHPV™ test.

Abbreviations: VIA, visual inspection after acetic acid; rlu/pc, relative light units per positive control (signal strength).