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TABLE 2.

Overall hrHPV and type-specific concordance between Alinity m and cobas assessed on all samples with valid HPV results included in the VALGENT-3 panel (n = 1,584)

HPV type^b	Value (no.) by test result						Concordance (%)	Kappa^a
HPV type^b	Alinity m⁺	cobas⁺	Alinity m⁺/cobas⁺	Alinity m⁺/cobas⁻	Alinity m⁻/cobas⁺	Alinity m⁻/cobas⁻	Concordance (%)	Kappa^a
14 hr types	349	345	328	21	17	1,218	97.60	0.9299
HPV-16	116	114	112	4	2	1,466	99.62	0.9719
HPV-18	34	35	32	2	3	1,547	99.68	0.9259
HPV-16/18	145	145	139	6	6	1,449	99.31	0.9581

Kappa legend (adapted from Landis and Koch [36]) for levels of agreement: 1.00 ≥ κ > 0.80, excellent; 0.80 ≥ κ > 0.60, good; 0.60 ≥ κ > 0.40, moderate; 0.40 ≥ κ > 0.20, fair; 0.20 ≥ κ > 0.00, poor.

HPV-16, -18, and -16/18 indicate that particular HPV types are present as a single or multiple infections.