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Table 2 Screening Performance of TruScreen and Pap Smear

From: Cervical cancer screening: a comparative study of TruScreen vs. Pap Smear

Statistic

TruScreen

Pap smear

Combined Pap + Trusscreen

P-value*

 

No/total

Value

95% CI

No/total

Value

95% CI

No/total

Value

95% CI

 

Detection of abnormal cases (n = 6)

 

 Sensitivity

5/6

83.3%

35.9% to 99.6%

4/6

66.7%

22.3% to 95.7%

6/6

100%

54.1% to 100.0%

0.910#

 Specificity

476/501

95%

92.7% to 96.8%

492/501

98.2%

96.6% to 99.2%

500/501

99.80%

98.89% to 99.99%

 Positive Predictive Value

5/5

100%

54.1% to 100.0%

4/4

100%

54.1% to 100%

5/5

100%

54.1% to 100.0%

 Negative Predictive Value

467/467

100%

54.1% to 100.0%

492/492

100%

54.1% to 100%

500/500

100%

54.1% to 100%

Detection of CIN I (n = 3)

 

 Sensitivity

2/3

66.7%

12.5–98%

2/3

66.7%

12.5–98%

3/3

100%

54.1% to 100%

–-

 Specificity

476/498

95.6%

93.4% to 97.2%

492/501

98.2%

96.6% to 99.2%

500/501

99.80%

98.89% to 99.99%

 Positive Predictive Value

2/2

100%

20.0–100%

2/2

100%

20–100%

3/3

100%

54.1% to 100.0%

 Negative Predictive Value

467/467

100%

54.1% to 100%

492/492

100%

54.07% to 100%

500/500

100%

54.1% to 100%

CIN II + (n = 2)

 

 Sensitivity

2/2

100%

15.81% to 100%

2/2

100%

15.8% to 100%

2/2

100%

54.1% to 100%

–-

 Specificity

476/499

95.3%

93.2% to 97.1%

492/499

98.6%

97.1% to 99.4%

500/501

99.80%

98.89% to 99.99%

 Positive Predictive Value

1/1

100%

15.8% to 100%

1/1

100%

15.8% to 100%

2/2

100%

54.1% to 100.0%

 Negative Predictive Value

467/467

100%

54.07% to 100%

492/492

100%

54.07% to 100%

500/500

100%

54.1% to 100%

Glandular hyperplasia (n = 1)

 

 Sensitivity

1/1

100%

5.5 to 100%

0/1

0%

0 to 94%

1/1

100%

54.1% to 100%

0.761

 Specificity

476/500

95.2%

92.9% to 96.9%

492/500

98.4%

96.8% to 99.3%

500/501

99.80%

98.89% to 99.99%

 Positive Predictive Value

1/1

100%

5.5 to 100%

0/1

0%

0 to 94%

1/1

100%

54.1% to 100.0%

 Negative Predictive Value

467/467

100%

54.1% to 100.0%

492/492

100%

54.1% to 100%

500/500

100%

54.1% to 100%

  1. #Chi-square with Fisher’s exact
  2. *For Truscreen versus Pap smear