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Table 2 Sensitivity and specificity for patients identified as benign vs. high-grade by the cytology

From: Knowledge of cytology results affects the performance of colposcopy: a crossover study

  

Without cytology

With cytology

OR [95%CI]

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]

  1. OR: odds ratio