From: Knowledge of cytology results affects the performance of colposcopy: a crossover study
Without cytology | With cytology | OR [95%CI] | ||
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Patients with a benign/borderline cytology | Sensitivity | 0.598 [0.403 to 0.766] | 0.369 [0.210 to 0.563] | 0.39 [0.29 to 0.54] |
Specificity | 0.636 [0.515 to 0.742] | 0.815 [0.727 to 0.880] | 2.53 [2.06 to 3.10] | |
Patients with a high-grade cytology | Sensitivity | 0.474 [0.336 to 0.616] | 0.755 [0.633 to 0.846] | 3.41 [2.75 to 4.24] |
Specificity | 0.621 [0.384 to 0.811] | 0.505 [0.280 to 0.728] | 0.62 [0.42 to 0.92] |