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Table 4 Numbers and proportions of different lesions according to the Bethesda 2001 classification, per study group

From: Prevalence and risk factors for cancer of the uterine cervix among women living in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study

 

Group 1 (n = 131)

Group 2 (n = 128)

Group 3 (n = 539)

Group 4 (n = 220)

Total (n = 1018)

HIV screening centres

HIV screening centres

Hospitals

Health centres

HIV-positive women

HIV-negative women

HIV status unknown

HIV status unknown

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

1018 (%)

NILM

80 (61.1)

117 (91.4)

449 (83.3)

188 (85.5)

834 (81.9)

ASCUS

9 (6.9)

5 (3.9)

46 (8.5)

19 (8.6)

79 (7.8)

ASC-H

1 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

23 (4.3)

4 (1.8)

29 (2.9)

LSIL

2 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.2)

HSIL

30 (22.9)

5 (3.9)

17 (3.2)

5 (2.3)

57 (5.6)

Ca

9 (6.9)

0 (0.0)

4 (0.7)

4 (1.8)

17 (1.7)

Subtotal: LSIL+

41 (31.3)

5 (3.9)

21 (3.9)

9 (4.1)

76 (7.5)

  1. NILM negative for intraepithelial lesion and malignancy
  2. ASCUS atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance
  3. ASC-H atypical squamous cells, cannot rule out high-grade lesion
  4. LSIL low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
  5. HSIL high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
  6. Ca Carcinoma
  7. LSIL+ cytology findings compatible with (pre)cancerous lesions (includes low- and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions and carcinoma)