Table 2.
Results of the Triple Test and Colposcopy Compared with Biopsy in the Detection of Premalignant and Malignant Cervical Lesions
| Test | Biopsy† |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive |
Negative |
|||
| Frequency (%**) | ||||
| Triple test* | Positive | 111 (78.7**) | 58 | 169 |
| Negative | 30 | 129 (69**) | 159 | |
| Colposcopy | Positive | 113 (80.1**) | 52 | 165 |
| Negative | 28 | 135 (72.2**) | 163 | |
| Total | 141 | 187 | 328 | |
* The triple test included the Pap smear, VIA, and VILI test; **Percentages were calculated on the basis of sensitivity and specificity formulas; †CIN 1 and more was considered a positive result.