Research Article

Closer to a Uniform Language in Colposcopy: Study on the Potential Application of 2011 International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy Terminology in Clinical Practice

Table 5

Accuracy of colposcopic diagnosis in distinguishing cervical histopathology at different cutoffs.

Compared with cervical histopathology (gold standard)
ValidityPredictability Comprehensiveness
SensitivitySpecificityPPVNPVYIPLRNLR

IFCPC terminology
 HSIL+63.64%96.01%78.75%91.91%0.59615.950.38
(54.0%–73.3%)(94.1%–97.9%)(69.6%–87.9%)(89.4%–94.5%)
 LSIL+79.34%67.14%67.37%79.17%0.4652.410.31
(74.2%–84.5%)(61.6%–72.6%)(61.9%–72.8%)(74.0%–84.3%)

RCI
 HSIL+38.38%95.54%66.67%86.97%0.3398.610.65
(28.6%–48.1%)(93.6%–97.5%)(54.0%–79.3%)(83.9%–90.0%)
 LSIL+62.40%71.38%65.09%68.94%0.3382.180.53
(56.3%–68.5%)(66.1%–76.7%)(58.9%–71.3%)(63.6%–74.3%)

Modified RCI
 HSIL+54.55%87.09%49.54%89.18%0.4164.220.52
(44.6%–64.5%)(83.9%–90.3%)(40.0%–59.1%)(86.2%–92.2%)
 LSIL+99.6%2.83%46.71%88.89%0.0241.020.15
(98.8%–100.0%)(0.9%–4.8%)(42.4%–51.0%)(63.3%–100.0%)

Swede Score
 HSIL+13.13%98.59%68.42%83%0.1179.320.88
(6.4%–19.9%)(97.5%–99.7%)(45.4%–91.4%)(79.7%–86.3%)
 LSIL+31.82%91.87%77%61.18%0.2373.920.74
(25.9%–37.7%)(88.7%–95.1%)(68.6%–85.4%)(56.5%–65.8%)