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. 2020 Jul 17;12:5987–5995. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S257875

Table 3.

Diagnostic Value of Individual Colposcopic Findings in Predicting Vaginal Pathology at Different Cutoffs

Colposcopic Findings and Cutoffs Compared with Vaginal Histopathology
Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV YI
Thin AWE
 LSIL+ 75.86% 37.20% 41.77% 72.19% 0.1306
 HSIL+ 23.81% 30.27% 1.58% 89.40% −0.4592
Fine mosaic
 LSIL+ 13.22% 95.56% 63.89% 64.97% 0.0878
 HSIL+ 9.52% 92.38% 5.56% 95.59% 0.0190
Fine punctuation
 LSIL+ 20.69% 94.88% 70.59% 66.83% 0.1557
 HSIL+ 9.52% 89.01% 3.92% 95.43% −0.0147
Dense AWE
 LSIL+ 12.64% 97.95% 78.57% 65.38% 0.1059
 HSIL+ 57.17% 96.41% 42.86% 97.95% 0.5355
Coarse mosaic
 LSIL+ 1.15% 99.66% 66.67% 62.93% 0.0081
 HSIL+ 9.52% 99.78% 66.67% 95.91% 0.0930
Coarse punctuation
 LSIL+ 1.72% 98.63% 42.86% 62.83% 0.0035
 HSIL+ 14.29% 99.10% 42.86% 96.09% 0.1339
Iodine negativity
 LSIL+ 96.55% 10.92% 39.16% 84.21% 0.0747
 HSIL+ 95.24% 8.30% 4.66% 97.37% 0.0354
Erosion
 LSIL+ 4.02% 88.05% 16.67% 60.71% −0.0793
 HSIL+ 0 90.58% 0 95.06% −0.0942

Abbreviations: AWE, acetowhite epithelium; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; YI, Youden Index; LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.