Risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse in women aged ≥ 69 referred to colposcopy due to an HPV-positive screening test

Table 1 Basic characteristics of women born before 1948 who were referred for colposcopy due to an HPV-positive screening test (n = 191)

	n (%)
Median age in years (IQR)	74 (71–78)
HPV type in referral screening test^a
HPV 16	105 (55.0%)
HPV 18	29 (15.2%)
Other high-risk HPV	57 (29.8%)
Cytology triage in baseline referral screening test in women with other high-risk HPV
Normal	6 (10.5%)
ASCUS	13 (22.8%)
LSIL	11 (19.3%)
ASC-H	12 (21.1%)
HSIL	15 (26.3%)
Number of colposcopy visits
1	134 (70.2%)
2	36 (18.8%)
3	16 (8.4%)
4	5 (2.6%)
At least one previous record of a cervical smear^b
Yes	188 (98.4%)
No	3 (1.6%)
Previous record of ASCUS + or CIN1 + ^b
Yes	36 (18.9%)
No	155 (81.2%)
Previous record of a LEEP^b
Yes	13 (6.8%)
No	178 (93.2%)

Of note, percentages may add up to more than 100% due to rounding
Abbreviations: IQR Inter quartile range, ASCUS Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance, LSIL Low-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions, ASC-H Atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude High-grade, HSIL High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, LEEP Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure
^a Hierarchical classification of HPV genotypes
^b Previous record in the Danish Pathology Databank

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