Recruited population - 145 women; 130 eligible for analysis. HPV status: 65 positive – 65 negative. Disease status: Normal = 49 (confirmed by histology (n = 32) or cytology (n = 17)), HPV = 6, CIN1 = 30, CIN2 = 23, CIN3 = 17 and Cancer = 5. All apart from some normal had histological confirmation of disease status.
hrHPV=high-risk human papillomavirus; CIN=cervical intraepithelial neoplasia