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Table 3 Distribution of diagnoses per pathologist

From: Accuracy of cervical cytology: comparison of diagnoses of 100 Pap smears read by four pathologists at three hospitals in Norway

Observer Normal ASC-US LSIL ASC-H HSIL Total
P1 (ref) 20 20 20 20 20 100
P2 151 19 16 18 32 100
P3 23 19 20 14 24 100
P4 39 24 11 10 16 100
P5 38 17 9 11 25 100
Mean (P2–P5) 28.8 19.8 14.0 13.3 24.0 100.0
  1. ASC-US atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance, LSIL low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, ASC-H atypical squamous cells cannot exclude HSIL, HSIL high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
  2. 1Significantly lower than the average for P2–P5 (p<0.05)
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