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Table 2 Accuracy of colposcopic diagnoses in distinguishing cervical histopathology at different cutoffs

From: Clinical application of the 2011 IFCPC colposcope terminology

 

Sensitivity

(95% CI)

Specificity

(95% CI)

Positive predictive value (95% CI)

Negative predictive value (95% CI)

Youden index

LSIL/HSIL/carcinoma vs. normal or benign

43.2%

(39.3–47.3%)

91.6%

(90.0–93.1%)

70.6%

(65.7–75.1%)

77.7%

(75.5–79.7%)

0.349

HSIL/carcinoma vs. LSIL/normal or benign

92.7%

(91.1–94.1%)

78.9%

(75.5–81.9%)

89.7%

(87.9–91.3%)

84.5%

(81.3–87.2%)

0.716

  1. LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion