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. 2019 Jan 14;151(4):433–442. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy169

Table 3.

Performance of Onclarity vs HC2 for Detection of High-Grade CIN in Patients 30 Years or Older With NILM Cytologya

Unadjusted, % (95% CI) Adjusted, % (95% CI)
Characteristic Onclarity HC2 Onclarity HC2
≥CIN2
 Sensitivity 87.5 (78.5-93.1) (n = 70/80) 82.5 (72.7-89.3) (n = 66/80) 44.1 (27.7-77.8) 40.3 (25.2-69.0)
 Specificity 48.6 (46.7-50.6) (n = 1,220/2,508) 52.3 (50.4-54.3) (n = 1,312/2,508) 92.4 (92.1-92.8) 93.4 (93.1-93.8)
 PPV 5.2 (4.6-5.5) (n = 70/1,358) 5.2 (4.6-5.7) (n = 66/1,262) 5.0 (3.9-6.1) 5.3 (4.1-6.5)
 NPV 99.2 (98.6-99.5) (n = 1,220/1,230) 98.9 (98.4-99.4) (n = 1,312/1,326) 99.5 (98.9-99.9) 99.4 (98.9-99.8)
 PLR 1.7 (1.5-1.8) 1.7 (1.5-1.9) 5.8 (3.7-10.2) 6.1 (3.8-10.6)
 NLR 0.3 (0.1-0.4) 0.3 (0.2-0.5) 0.6 (0.2-0.8) 0.6 (0.3-0.8)
 Prevalence 3.1 (n = 80/2,588) 0.9
≥CIN3
 Sensitivity 93.5 (82.5-97.8) (n = 43/46) 87.0 (74.3-93.9) (n = 40/46) 69.5 (42.8-100) 63.3 (38.7-94.9)
 Specificity 48.3 (46.3-50.2) (n = 1,227/2,542) 51.9 (50.0-53.9) (n = 1,320/2,542) 92.3 (92.0-92.7) 93.3 (93.0-93.7)
 PPV 3.2 (2.8-3.4) (n = 43/1,358) 3.2 (2.7-3.5) (n = 40/1,262) 3.0 (2.2-4.0) 3.2 (2.3-4.2)
 NPV 99.8 (99.3-99.9) (n = 1,227/1,230) 99.5 (99.1-99.8) (n = 1,320/1,326) 99.9 (99.7-100) 99.9 (99.7-100)
 PLR 1.8 (1.6-1.9) 1.8 (1.5-2.0) 9.1 (5.5-13.2) 9.5 (5.8-14.4)
 NLR 0.1 (0.1-0.4) 0.3 (0.1-0.5) 0.3 (0.0-0.6) 0.4 (0.1-0.7)
 Prevalence 1.8 (n = 46/2,588) 0.3

CI, confidence interval; CIN2, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2; CIN3, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3; HC2, digene Hybrid Capture 2 assay; NILM, negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancies; NLR, negative likelihood ratio NPV, negative predictive value; PLR, positive likelihood ratio; PPV, positive predictive value.

aResults represent p16INK4A immunostain-assisted adjudicated histology with HPV results by Onclarity and HC2 assays (paired analysis).