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Table 4 Inter-laboratory agreement analysis by the cobas 6800 HPV assay. Overall (i.e., hrHPV positive/negative) and type-specific HPV test agreement were 99.1% (456/460 samples) and 98.3% (117/119 samples), respectively. Kappa value = 0.969 (95%CI 0.941–0.990)

From: HPV testing for cervical cancer screening: technical improvement of laboratory logistics and good clinical performance of the cobas 6800 in comparison to the 4800 system

Cobas 6800 HPV test results [1]

Cobas 6800 HPV test results [3]

Total

 

Positive

Negative

HPV16a

HPV18b

Other HPV

Negative

337

  

1

338

Positive

 HPV16a

1

29

 

1

31

 HPV18a,b

  

7

 

7

 Other HPV

2

 

1

81

84

Total

340

29

8

83

460

  1. asingle and mixed infections are included
  2. bHPV16/18 mixed infections are counted among HPV16-positives