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. 2020 Sep 25;12:9067–9075. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S273079

Table 3.

Secondary Screening After Primary LBC Screening, % (95% CI)

Triage Test Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
CIN2+
ASC-US/hrHPV+, ≥LSIL 90.4 (81.9–95.7) 78.8 (76.3–81.2) 26.0 (23.5–28.6) 74.0 (71.4–76.5)
ASC-US/HPV 16/18+, ≥LSIL 78.3 (67.9–86.6) * 85.3 (83.1–87.3) ** 28.4 (22.7–34.8) 71.6 (65.2–77.3)
ASC-US/p16+, ≥LSIL 85.5 (75.7–92.0) 84.4 (82.1–86.4) ** 20.5 (18.2–22.9) 79.5 (77.1–81.8)
CIN3+
ASC-US/hrHPV+, ≥LSIL 97.6 (87.1–99.9) 76.6 (74.0–79.0) 26.0 (23.5–28.6) 74.0 (71.4–76.4)
ASC-US/HPV 16/18+, ≥LSIL 95.1 (83.5–99.4) 83.6 (81.3–85.7) ** 19.1 (17.0–21.5) 80.9 (78.5–83.0)
ASC-US/p16+, ≥LSIL 97.6 (85.6–99.9) 82.3 (79.9–84.4) ** 20.5 (18.2–22.9) 79.5 (77.1–81.8)

Notes: Significant McNemar’s test comparing to “ASC-US/hrHPV+, ≥LSIL”, *P<0.01. **P<0.001

Abbreviations: LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions; ASC-US, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; CIN2+/CIN3+, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3 or worse; CI, confidence interval; hrHPV, high-risk HPV; PPV, positive predictive value, NPV, negative predictive value.