Cervical Cytopathology in a Population of HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Women

Table 3

Frequency of abnormal cytology correlated with viral load in HIV-positive women.

Preinvasive lesions of the cervix	Below the detection limit		<1.000 copies/mm^3		>10.000 copies/mm^3		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
ASC-US	3	50	0		3	50	6	100
LSIL	1	12	2	25	5	63	8	100
HSIL	0		0		0		0	100

Unknown: results of cytology unknown.
ASC-US: atypical squamous cells of unknown significance.
ASC-H: atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude a high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL).
LSIL: low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, according to the Bethesda system.
HSIL: high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, according to the Bethesda system.