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. 2020 Jun;32(3):383–394. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2020.03.09

1. Clinical characteristics of study population by biopsy types*.

Variables Abnormal colposcopy impression and up
to 4 targeted biopsies (N=1,606)
Normal colposcopy impression and 4-quadrant
random biopsies (N=3,317)
Normal/CIN1
[n (%)]
CIN2+ [n (%)] χ2, P Normal/CIN1
[n (%)]
CIN2+ [n (%)] χ2, P
*, 24 cases of CIN2+ found by endocervical curettage alone, 8 of them had lesion targeted biopsy and 16 of them had 4-quadrant random biopsy; **, 5 cases of unsatisfactory cytology were not listed; CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; NILM, negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy; ASC-US, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; AGC, atypical glandular cells; ASC-H, atypical squamous cells, favor high grade; LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; HPV, human papillomavirus; VIA/VILI, visual inspection via acetic acid and Lugol’s iodine.
Age (year) 32.74, <0.001 15.53, 0.001
 ≤34 178 (87.7) 25 (12.3) 178 (92.2) 15 (7.8)
 35−39 473 (79.8) 120 (20.2) 1,282 (96.2) 50 (3.8)
 40−44 382 (75.6) 123 (24.4) 999 (94.6) 57 (5.4)
 ≥45 205 (67.2) 100 (32.8) 681 (92.5) 55 (7.5)
Cytology** 633.65, <0.001 690.59, <0.001
 NILM 720 (96.1) 29 (3.9) 1,877 (98.8) 23 (1.2)
 ASC-US 234 (87.3) 34 (12.7) 721 (96.9) 23 (3.1)
 AGC 6 (100) 0 (0) 15 (83.3) 3 (16.7)
 ASC-H 5 (71.4) 2 (28.6) 7 (77.8) 2 (22.2)
 LSIL 183 (72.3) 70 (27.7) 406 (90.8) 41 (9.2)
 HSIL 85 (27.5) 224 (72.5) 109 (55.3) 88 (44.7)
 SCC 0 (0) 9 (100) 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0)
HPV 176.71, <0.001 31.92, <0.001
 Negative 475 (98.3) 8 (1.7) 572 (99.5) 3 (0.5)
 Positive 763 (67.9) 360 (32.1) 2,568 (93.7) 174 (6.3)
VIA/VILI 61.98, <0.001 9.35, 0.009
 Normal 510 (81.5) 116 (18.5) 2,738 (94.9) 148 (5.1)
 Abnormal 728 (74.3) 252 (25.7) 402 (93.3) 29 (6.7)
Colposcopy 205.52, <0.001
 Normal 0 (0) 0 (0) 3,140 (94.7) 177 (5.3)
 LSIL 1,096 (83.9) 211 (16.1) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 HSIL 137 (51.7) 128 (48.3) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Cancer 5 (14.7) 29 (85.3) 0 (0) 0 (0)