TABLE 3.

Comparison of HPV-Risk assay and HC2 for HPV detection stratified by clinical outcome^a

CIN grade	HPV-Risk assay result	No. of women with the indicated HC2 result
		Total study group			Women ≥30 yr old
		Positive	Negative	Total	Positive	Negative	Total
CIN3+	Positive	78	2	80	62	2	64
	Negative	2	0	2	2	0	2
	Total	80	2	82	64	2	66
CIN2+	Positive	117	2	119	89	2	91
	Negative	5	3	8	5	2	7
	Total	122	5	127	94	4	98
≤CIN1	Positive	87	10	97	47	10	57
	Negative	33	1,059	1,092	27	906	933
	Total	120	1,069	1,189	74	916	990

^aHPV, human papillomavirus; CIN3+, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or worse; CIN2+, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse; ≤CIN1, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 1 or lower, i.e., women with two consecutive negative cytology results (control group).