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Table 3 Sensitivity, specificity, positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values, and odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (95%CI) of the provider-collected (Provider) or self-collected (Self) specimen tested for HPV or visual inspection after acetic acid (VIA) for high-grade cervical abnormalities for women living with HIV

From: A comparison of screening tests for detection of high-grade cervical abnormalities in women living with HIV from Cameroon

 

Provider

Self

VIA

Estimate

95%CI

Estimate

95%CI

Estimate

95%CI

Sensitivity

95.9%

86.0–99.5%

91.7%

80.4–97.7%

44.9%

30.7–59.8%

Specificity

57.5%

52.8–62.2%

51.6%

46.8–56.4%

89.7%

86.5–92.4%

PPV

20.2%

15.2–25.4%

17.5%

13.1–22.7%

32.8%

21.8–44.5%

NPV

99.2%

97.2–99.9%

98.3%

95.6–99.5%

93.6%

90.8–95.7%

OR

31.8

7.6–132.7

12.0

4.2–33.9

7.1

3.7–13.5