Table 4.

Performance and discrepancies between two specimen storage methods for three HPV testing assays

Test assays	FTA aample	Liquid sample		Subtotal	Agreement
					%	95 % CI
HC2		Positive	Negative		90.2	87.2	93.3
	Positive	80	4	84
	Negative	32	252	284
	Subtotal	112	256	368
careHPV™		Positive	Negative		83.7	79.9	87.5
	Positive	67	21	88
	Negative	39	241	280
	Subtotal	106	262	368
Cobas4800		Positive	Negative		85.6	82.0	89.2
	Positive	105	40	145
	Negative	13	210	223
	Subtotal	118	250	368