Evaluation of the Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus DNA Test with Liquid-Based Cytology in Primary Cervical Cancer Screening and the Importance of the ASC/SIL Ratio: A Belgian Study

Table 2

Comparison of European and American studies on the distribution of cytological abnormalities in a screening population.

	Normal cytology (%)	Abnormal cytology (%)	ASC-US; (HPV positivity) (%)	ASC-H; (HPV positivity) (%)	LSIL; (HPV positivity) (%)	HSIL; (HPV positivity) (%)
Kitchener et al. [22] (UK)	85.6	14.4	7.9 (NS)	NS	3.9 (NS)	2.2 (NS)
Baseman et al. [23] (USA)	81.4	18.6	9.7 (44)	NS	3.9 (84)	2.8 (95)
Dalstein et al. [24] (France)	84.5	14.5	1.7 (54)	NS	7 (70)	5.8 (91)
Monsonego et al. [1] (France)	90.4	9.6	2.9 (27)	0.4 (47)	5.1 (63)	1.1 (96)
Current study (Belgium)	94.7	5.3	3.1	0.3 (90)	1.5 (86)	0.3 (98)

NS: not specified.