Table 1

Characteristics of colposcopy population

Histology
Referral cytology
Age mean ± SD
Median of high-risk HPV load in liquid based cytology (RLU)
Mean high-risk HPV load (±SD) in liquid based cytology (RLU)
HRHPV DNA > 1RLU
HRHPV DNA > 3RLU

64 CIN absent
17 BL
33y ± 11y
1.37
208 ± 509 RLU
N = 35 (55%)
N = 31 (48%)

47 MD





39 CIN1
5 BL
31y ± 11y
94
446 ± 782 RLU
N = 30 (77%)
N = 26 (66%)

34 MD





30 CIN2/3
1BL
30y ± 8y
174
568 ± 765 RLU
N = 29 (97%)
N = 29 (97%)

29 MD






Guyot et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2003 3:23   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-3-23