Table 4

Sensitivity, specificity and correlation analyses of different sampling HPV tests, using clinician-sampled test as the reference (N=211)

Clinician-sampled testSensitivity, % (95% CI)Specificity, % (95% CI)PPV, % (95% CI)NPV, % (95% CI)Kappa (95% CI)
Negative (%)Positive (%)Total (%)
Self-sampled test
 Negative108 (51.2)22 (10.4)130 (61.6)75.8 (65.5 to 83.9)90.0 (82.8 to 94.5)85.2 (75.2 to 91.8)83.1 (75.3 to 88.9)0.67 (0.56 to 0.77)
 Positive12 (5.7)69 (32.7)81 (38.4)
 Total120 (56.9)91 (43.1)211 (100.0)
  • HPV, human papillomavirus; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.