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. 2015 Sep 25;10(9):e0139242. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139242

Table 2. Comparison of VIA and large lesion results in new women screened, by country and HIV status, January 2009 –March 2012.

Screening Result, by Country Total N = 34,921 HIV Positive N = 9,181 HIV negative/ unknown N = 25,740 P-value
Côte d’Ivoire n = 7,538 n = 5,782 n = 1,756
VIA negative 6,969 (92%) 5,268 (91%) 1,701 (97%) < 0.0001
VIA positive 519 (7%) 473 (8%) 46 (3%) < 0.0001
Large lesions 159 (31%) 152 (32%) 7 (15%) 0.0175
Cryotherapy eligible 360 (69%) 321 (68%) 39 (84%) 0.0175
Suspect cancer 50 (.7%) 41 (0.7%) 9 (0.5%) 0.3741
Guyana n = 19,934 n = 1,602 n = 18,332
VIA negative 17,297 (87%) 1,344 (84%) 15,953 (87%) < 0.0001
VIA positive 2,529 (13%) 256 (16%) 2,273 (12%) < 0.0001
Large lesions 381 (15%) 62 (24%) 319 (14%) < 0.0001
Cryotherapy eligible 2,148 (85%) 194 (76%) 1,954 (86%) < 0.0001
Suspect cancer 108 (.5%) 2 (0.1%) 106 (0.6%) 0.0178
Tanzania n = 7,449 n = 1,797 n = 5,652
VIA negative 6,739 (90%) 1,531 (85%) 5,208 (92%) < 0.0001
VIA positive 532 (7%) 237 (13%) 295 (5%) < 0.0001
Large lesions 82 (15%) 51 (22%) 31 (11%) 0.0005
Cryotherapy eligible 450 (85%) 186 (78%) 264 (89%) 0.0005
Suspect cancer 178 (2%) 29 (1.6%) 149 (2.6%) 0.0134