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Table 1 Performance characteristics of SC samples compared with CC for 191 women and then by HIV status

From: Self-collected vaginal sampling for the detection of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) using careHPV among Ghanaian women

Parameter

Overall (N = 191),

% (95%CI)

HIV positives (N = 96),

% (95%CI)

HIV negatives (N = 95), % (95%CI)

Concordance

94.2 (89.9–97.1)

93.8 (81.7–94.9)

94.7 (82.8–95.6)

Kappa value

0.88 (0.82–0.95)

0.84 (0.72–0.96)

0.88 (0.73–0.98)

Kappa p value

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

Sensitivity

92.6 (85.3–97.0)

95.7 (88.0–99.1)

83.3 (62.6–95.3)

Specificity

95.9 (89.8–98.9)

88.5 (69.8–97.6)

98.6 (92.4–100)

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