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Table 7 Accuracy of colposcopic Lugol’s staining mustard yellow in predicting normal or benign, low-grade lesion, high-grade lesion and carcinoma

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

Normal or benign

11.0%

(8.7–13.8%)

65.7%

(63.1–68.3%)

13.0%

(10.3–16.2%)

61.4%

(58.8–64.0%)

0.061

LSIL

22.3%

(19.3–25.7%)

70.7%

(68.1–73.2%)

29.0%

(25.1–33.1%)

63.0%

(60.4–65.6%)

− 0.070

HSIL

49.1%

(44.9–53.4%)

81.9%

(79.7–83.9%)

51.6%

(47.2–56.0%)

80.4%

(78.2–82.4%)

0.310

Carcinoma

33.3%

(24.7–43.3%)

73.5%

(71.4–75.5%)

6.5%

(4.6–9.0%)

95.2%

(93.5–96.5%)

0.068

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