Table 3

Summary of findings

	No of studies	No	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)	Odds ratio (95% CI)	AUC	Q* (95% CI)
NC, not calculated; AUC, area under curve; Q, Q estimate.
*Range for studies.
†Summary estimate generated from combining studies.
‡Diagnostic odds ratio generated from combining studies.
§Outlier study included.
Dacron/cotton swab or cytobrush	6	2537	0.74† (0.61 to 0.84)	0.88† (0.83 to 0.92)	22.3‡ (11.7 to 42.6)	0.91	0.85 (0.79 to 0.091)
Dacron/cotton swab or cytobrush§	7	3731	0.78† (0.65 to 0.88)	0.90† (0.85 to 0.94)	35.5‡ (15.3 to 82.3)	NC	NC
Referral clinics	4	803	0.81† (0.65 to 0.91)	0.90† (0.78 to 0.95)	37.6‡ (24.2 to 58.4)	0.93	0.87 (0.84 to 0.90)
Tampons	3	411	0.67–0.94*	0.8–0.85*	9.9–59.2*	NC	NC
PCR	7	1063	0.63–1.00*	0.8–1.0*	9.0–145.0*	NC	NC
Hybrid Capture-II	5	3149	0.56–0.93*	0.79–1.0*	9.9–26123.1*	NC	NC
Primary care setting	3	2928	0.56–0.93*	0.84–1.0*	9.0–26123.1*	NC	NC