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Table 7 Associations between patient characteristics and the accuracy of colposcopy in detecting HSIL+ with increasing number of lesion-directed biopsies (n = 1130)

From: Assessing colposcopic accuracy for high‐grade squamous intraepithelial lesion detection: a retrospective, cohort study

Variables

Discordant

Concordant

P

All (n = 1130)

  

0.0265

Number of biospies

   

1

47.13% (n = 41)

52.87% (n = 46)

 

2

20.56% (n = 59)

79.44% (n = 228)

 

≥ 3

25.00% (n = 63)

75.00% (n = 189)

 

Cytology ≤ NILM (n = 484)

  

0.0362

Number of biospies

   

1

10.26% (n = 4)

89.74% (n = 35)

 

2

17.41% (n = 43)

82.59% (n = 204)

 

 ≥ 3

20.20% (n = 40)

79.80% (n = 158)

 

Cytology ≥ ASC-US (n = 101)

  

0.4779

Number of biospies

   

1

14.29% (n = 1)

85.71% (n = 6)

 

2

40.00% (n = 16)

60.00% (n = 24)

 

≥ 3

42.59% (n = 23)

57.41% (n = 31)

 

HPV-/Other HR-HPV + (n = 190)

  

0.0038

Number of biospies

   

1

7.69% (n = 1)

92.31% (n = 12)

 

2

17.65% (n = 15)

82.35% (n = 70)

 

 ≥ 3

35.87% (n = 33)

64.13% (n = 59)

 

HPV 16/18 (n = 395)

  

0.4263

Number of biospies

   

1

12.12% (n = 4)

87.88% (n = 29)

 

2

21.78% (n = 44)

78.22% (n = 158)

 

≥ 3

18.75% (n = 30)

81.25% (n = 130)