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. 2016 Mar 9;8:29. doi: 10.1186/s13148-016-0196-3

Table 3.

Cytology according to the Papanicolaou system (Bethesda system) per histological subgroup. Methylation and HPV positivity of the 8 new methylation markers and 4 known markers tested with QMSP in cervical scrapings from patients with CIN0, CIN1, CIN2, CIN3, and (mi)Ca (n = 215)

Cytology CIN0 CIN 1 CIN2 CIN3 miCa
Pap2 (ASCUS) 9/27 (33 %) 9/38 (24 %) 2/45 (4 %) 0 0
Pap3A (LSIL) 18/27 (66 %) 27/38 (71 %) 36/45 (80 %) 18/61 (30 %) 5/44 (11 %)
Pap3B (HSIL) 0 2/38 (5 %) 6/45 (13 %) 33/61 (54 %) 27/44 (61 %)
Pap4 (HSIL) 0 0 1/45 (2 %) 10/61 (16 %) 8/44 (18 %)
Pap5 (miCa) 0 0 0 0 3/44 (7 %)
Unknown 0 0 0 0 1/44 (2 %)
New genes
ZSCAN1 20/27 (74 %) 28/38 (74 %) 41/45 (91 %) 55/61 (90 %) 44/44 (100 %)
ST6GALNAC5 22/27 (82 %) 33/38 (87 %) 39/45 (84 %) 56/61 (92 %) 41/44 (93 %)
ANKRD18CP 3/26 (12 %) 8/36 (22 %) 20/45 (44 %) 33/59 (56 %) 37/43 (86 %)
CDH6 10/26 (39 %) 15/36 (42 %) 25/45 (56 %) 40/59 (68 %) 42/43 (98 %)
GFRA1 1/26 (4 %) 4/36 (11 %) 9/45 (20 %) 23/59 (39 %) 35/43 (81 %)
GATA4 14/26 (54 %) 21/36 (58 %) 35/45 (78 %) 47/59 (80 %) 41/43 (95 %)
KCNIP4 24/27 (89 %) 36/38 (95 %) 44/45 (98 %) 61/61 (100 %) 43/44 (98 %)
LHX8 12/26 (46 %) 20/36 (56 %) 29/45 (64 %) 48/59 (81 %) 41/43 (95 %)
Known genes
C13ORF18 2/27 (7 %) 1/38 (3 %) 9/45 (20 %) 24/61 (39 %) 27/44 (61 %)
JAM3 3/27 (11 %) 3/38 (8 %) 18/45 (40 %) 39/61 (64 %) 37/44 (84 %)
EPB41L3 2/27 (7 %) 12/38 (32 %) 18/45 (40 %) 44/61 (72 %) 41/44 (93 %)
TERT 13/27 (48 %) 22/38 (58 %) 29/45 (64 %) 51/61 (84 %) 43/44 (98 %)
HPV test
hrHPV 12/26 (46 %) 24/36 (67 %) 36/45 (80 %) 49/59 (83 %) 31/43 (72 %)