Table 4 The reproducibility of DIPS for triplicate testing of cytological samples after a one-month preservation*
DIPS rounds | First-round DIPS (+) (n = 357) | First-round DIPS (−) (n = 805) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
E2/E6E7 ratio analysis (+) & E1-L1/E6E7 ratio analysis (+) (n = 6) | E2/E6E7 ratio analysis (+) & E1-L1/E6E7 ratio analysis (+) (n = 2) | E2/E6E7 ratio analysis (-) & E1-L1/E6E7 ratio analysis (-) (n = 797) | ||
Second-round | Confirmed: 299 | Confirmed: 5 | Confirmed: 2 | Confirmed: 797 |
Denied: 58 | Denied: 1 | Denied: 0 | Denied: 0 | |
Reproducibility between 1st- and 2nd-round DIPS: 94.9% | ||||
Third-round | Confirmed: 281 | Confirmed: 5 | Confirmed: 1 | Confirmed: 797 |
Denied: 76 | Denied: 1 | Denied: 1 | Denied: 0 | |
Reproducibility between 1st- and 3rd-round DIPS: 93.3% | ||||
Second- and Third-round | Consistently confirmed: 278 | Consistently confirmed: 4 | Consistently confirmed: 1 | Consistently confirmed: 797 |
General reproducibility: 92.9% | ||||