BMC Clinical Pathology

Table 3 Test performance of HPV DNA test (N = 504) and 5-type-mRNA test (N = 536) in solved cases

From: 5-type HPV mRNA versus 14-type HPV DNA test: test performance, over-diagnosis and overtreatment in triage of women with minor cervical lesions

Triage status	CIN2+	CIN1-	Total
HPV DNA positive	38	73	111^a
HPV DNA negative	0	393	393
Total	38	466	504
Triage status	CIN2+	CIN1-	Total
HPV mRNA positive	30	47	77
HPV mRNA negative	8	451	459
Total	38	498	536

CIN2+ CIN2, CIN3, ACIS, and cervical cancer
CIN1- Normal and CIN1
^aOf the 111 women with a positive HPV DNA test, six women had normal cytology and a negative HPV DNA test at second follow-up and returned to screening at 3-year interval

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