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Table 3 Clinical performance of current screening methods and models for screening cohorts at baseline (CIN2+)

From: Development of models for cervical cancer screening: construction in a cross-sectional population and validation in two screening cohorts in China

  

Sensitivity

% (95% CI)

Specificity

% (95% CI)

AUC

(95% CI)

Referral rate

% (95% CI)

Screening cohort I (N = 3179)

    

HPV

hrHPV mRNA

97.44 (93.59–100.00)

85.94 (84.65–87.20)

0.92 (0.90–0.94)

16.14 (14.87–17.46)

Senior cytologists

ASC-US

87.18 (79.49–93.59)

91.45 (90.52–92.39)

0.89 (0.86–0.93)

10.47 (9.43–11.59)

Co-testing

100.00

81.39 (80.01–82.75)

0.91 (0.90–0.91)

20.64 (19.24–22.08)

Base model

100.00

84.49 (83.23–85.75)

0.92 (0.92–0.93)

17.55 (16.24–18.92)

Base model + E6

93.59 (87.18–98.72)

92.26 (91.29–93.20)

0.93 (0.90–0.96)

9.81 (8.80–10.90)

Base model + GT

97.44 (93.59–100.00)

89.39 (88.26–90.42)

0.93 (0.92–0.95)

12.77 (11.63–13.98)

Base model + E6 + GT

97.44 (93.59–100.00)

89.04 (87.91–90.07)

0.93 (0.91–0.95)

13.09 (11.93–14.31)

Junior cytologists

ASC-US

85.90 (78.21–93.59)

87.39 (86.20–88.55)

0.87 (0.83–0.91)

14.38 (13.17–15.64)

Co-testing

100.00

77.91 (76.46–79.26)

0.89 (0.88–0.90)

24.03 (22.56–25.56)

Base model

100.00

83.49 (82.20–84.78)

0.92 (0.91–0.92)

18.56 (17.22–19.96)

Base model + E6

91.03 (84.62–96.19)

91.97 (91.04–92.94)

0.92 (0.88–0.95)

10.07 (9.04–11.16)

Base model + GT

96.15 (91.03–100.00)

88.39 (87.23–89.49)

0.92 (0.90–0.94)

13.68 (12.51–14.93)

Base model + E6 + GT

96.15 (91.03–100.00)

87.81 (86.62–88.94)

0.92 (0.90–0.94)

14.22 (13.02–15.48)

Screening cohort II (N = 3082)

    

HPV

hrHPV DNA

90.20 (82.30–98.04)

84.16 (82.88–85.42)

0.87 (0.83–0.91)

17.07 (15.75–18.44)

Senior cytologists

ASC-US

96.08 (90.20–100.00)

83.90 (82.55–85.19)

0.90 (0.87–0.93)

17.46 (16.13–18.84)

Co-testing

100.00

74.40 (72.81–76.01)

0.87 (0.86–0.88)

26.83 (25.28–28.44)

Base model

94.12 (86.27–100.00)

94.06 (93.20–94.89)

0.94 (0.91–0.97)

7.40 (6.50–8.38)

Base model + GT

96.08 (90.20–100.00)

95.17 (94.34–95.93)

0.96 (0.93–0.98)

6.33 (5.49–7.25)

Junior cytologists

ASC-US

90.20 (80.39–98.04)

80.53 (79.18–81.95)

0.85 (0.81–0.90)

20.64 (19.22–22.11)

Co-testing

98.04 (94.12–100.00)

71.16 (69.55–72.75)

0.85 (0.83–0.87)

29.98 (28.37–31.63)

Base model

88.24 (78.43–96.08)

90.76 (89.74–91.82)

0.90 (0.85–0.94)

10.55 (9.48–11.68)

Base Model+GT

98.04 (94.12–100.00)

89.64 (88.55–90.70)

0.94 (0.92–0.96)

11.78 (10.66–12.97)

  1. AUC area under the curve, E6 E6 oncoprotein, GT HPV genotyping