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Table 2 Age-specific prevalence of high-risk HPV and precancer among women living with HIV (WLWH)

From: Design and feasibility of a novel program of cervical screening in Nigeria: self-sampled HPV testing paired with visual triage

Age at screening (years)

No. of women screened in the age group

No. of HPV-positive (% of women screened) (95% CI)

Colposcopy attendance among HPV-positive

Histopathology resultsa (% of women attending colposcopyb) (95% CI)

Yield of the screening effortb (% of total women screened)

CIN2+

CIN3+

CIN2+

CIN3+

30–34

77

35 (45.5%) (34.1–57.2%)

27 (77.1%)

1 (3.8%) (0.1–19.6%)

1 (3.8%) (0.1–19.6%)

1.3%

1.3%

35–39

160

57 (35.6%) (28.2–43.6%)

41 (71.9%)

2 (5.0%) (0.6–16.9%)

2 (5.0%) (0.6–16.9%)

1.3%

1.3%

40–44

134

46 (34.3%) (26.3–43.0%)

40 (87.0%)

4 (10.0%) (2.8–23.7%)

3 (7.5%) (1.6–20.4%)

3.0%

2.2%

45–49

71

41 (57.7%) (45.4–69.4%)

35 (85.4%)

4 (11.4%) (3.2–26.7%)

3 (8.6%) (1.8–23.1%)

5.6%

4.2%

Total

442

179 (40.5%) (35.9–45.2%)

143 (79.9%)

11 (7.8%) (4.0–13.5%)

9 (6.4%) (3.0–11.8%)

2.5%

2.0%

  1. aCIN2+ and CIN3+ includes one case of squamous cell carcinoma in a 49-year old woman
  2. bHistopathology report was not completed for two participants due to COVID-19 pandemic spread. These two participants were excluded from the denominator