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Table 2 Performance of methylated genes and HPV tests for CIN3+ detection

From: Combined clinical and genetic testing algorithm for cervical cancer diagnosis

Tests

Sensitivity (%) (95 % CI)

Specificity (%) (95 % CI)

AUC (%) (95 % CI)

Odds ratio (95 % CI)

P value

PAX1 m

69.62 (62.05–76.26)

81.79 (76.95–85.80)

75.5 (70.8–80.6)

10.29 (6.55–16.16)

<0.001

ZNF582 m

76.58 (69.40–82.51)

86.94 (82.58–90.34)

81.8 (77.3–86.2)

21.77 (13.18–35.96)

<0.001

PAP

68.99 (61.40–75.68)

90.72 (86.84–93.54)

79.9 (75.1–84.6)

21.75 (12.93–36.59)

<0.001

hrHPV

98.10 (94.57–99.35)

46.05 (40.41–51.79)

72.1 (67.5–76.7)

44.10 (13.75–141.45)

<0.001*

HPV-16/18

65.19 (57.48–72.18)

87.63 (83.35–90.93)

76.4 (71.4–81.4)

13.27 (8.22–21.40)

<0.001

PAX1 m or hrHPV

98.73 (95.50–99.65)

42.61 (37.06–48.35)

70.7 (66.0–75.3)

57.92 (14.09–238.17)

<0.001*

PAX1 m or HPV-16/18

89.24 (83.45–93.17)

75.95 (70.72–80.50)

82.6 (78.5–86.6)

26.19 (14.80–46.33)

<0.001

PAX1 m or ZNF582 m

85.44 (79.10–90.10)

76.98 (71.81–81.44)

81.2 (76.9–85.5)

19.62 (11.67–32.99)

<0.001

ZNF582 m or hrHPV

98.73 (95.50–99.65)

45.02 (39.40–50.76)

71.9 (67.3–76.5)

63.86 (15.53–262.56)

<0.001*

ZNF582 m or HPV-16/18

85.44 (79.10–90.10)

81.10 (76.21–85.18)

83.3 (79.2–87.4)

25.19 (14.82–42.82)

<0.001

  1. P value determined by chi-squared test and *Fisher’s exact test; odds ratio for CIN3+
  2. CI confidence interval, HPV human papillomavirus, hrHPV high-risk human papillomavirus, Gene m methylated gene