A prospective randomized study on limits of colposcopy and histology: the skill of colposcopist and colposcopy-guided biopsy in diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial lesions

Table 1 Patient demographic characteristics, colposcopic indication and findings, histological diagnosis for two groups

		junior group^a (N = 124)	senior group^a (N = 127)	p Value
Age (years ± S.D.)		32.2 ± 8.1	32.6 ± 8.9	.23
Parity (N ± S.D.)		0.62 ± 0.92	0.57 ± 0.85	.69
Educational level				.82
	Elementary education	3 (2.4)	2 (1.6)
	Lower secondary education	50 (40.3)	51 (40.2)
	Upper secondary education	58 (46.8)	60 (47.2)
	Postsecondary education	13 (10.5)	14 (11.0)
Colposcopic Indication^b				.43
	ASC-US/ASC-H	35 (27.6)	32 (25.8)
	AGC-NOS	4 (3.1)	5 (4.0)
	L-SIL	57 (44.9)	66 (53.2)
	H-SIL	31 (24.4)	21 (16.9)
Colposcopic Grade^c				.10
	TAG1	104 (83.9)	96 (75.6)
	TAG2	20 (16.1)	31 (24.4)
Final Histological Diagnosis				.91
	Negative/ Cervicites / Metaplasia	56 (45.2)	61 (48)
	CIN1 / Koilocytosis / Condylomatosis	39 (31.5)	33 (26)
	CIN 2/3	29 (23.4)	33 (26)

^aIn senior group colposcopic examination and biopsies were performed by experienced colposcopists; in junior group post-graduate doctors with one-year experience in Unit of Cervicovaginal Pathology performed the diagnostic procedures
^bIndications for colposcopy: Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US); Atypical squamous cells – cannot exclude HSIL (ASC-H); Atypical Glandular Cells not otherwise specified (AGC-NOS); Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL); High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL)
^cTAG1: Atypical Transformation of Grade 1, TAG2: Atypical Transformation Grade 2

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