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Table 2 Composite prevalence estimates when the “true” underlying type-specific infection burden is pre-specified as the reported prevalence in the Northwest Territories, Canada

From: Evaluation of using composite HPV genotyping assay results to monitor human papillomavirus infection burden through simulation

No. of HPV types*

Time§

Pre-specified true composite prevalence (SD)

Composite prevalence estimate (SD)

Est. to true ratio

Composite prevalence estimate (SD)

Est. to true ratio

Composite prevalence estimate (SD)

Est. to true ratio

Composite prevalence estimate (SD)

Est. to true ratio

a: Sensitivity ≤ Specificity

      
   

Sen. = 0.95

 

Sen. = 0.90

 

Sen. = 0.85

 

Sen. = 0.80

 
   

Spe. = 0.95

 

Spe. = 0.95

 

Spe. = 0.95

 

Spe. = 0.95

 

2

Baseline

0.053 (0.004)

0.142 (0.006)

2.676

0.140 (0.005)

2.642

0.138 (0.005)

2.604

0.135 (0.005)

2.547

 

Reduced

0.027 (0.003)

0.120 (0.005)

4.444

0.119 (0.005)

4.407

0.117 (0.005)

4.333

0.116 (0.005)

4.296

 

% red.

49.1

15.5

 

15.0

 

15.2

 

14.1

 

4

Baseline

0.064 (0.004)

0.231 (0.007)

3.609

0.229 (0.006)

3.578

0.226 (0.006)

3.531

0.224 (0.006)

3.500

 

Reduced

0.033 (0.003)

0.207 (0.006)

6.272

0.206 (0.006)

6.242

0.204 (0.006)

6.181

0.203 (0.007)

6.152

 

% red.

48.4

10.4

 

10.0

 

9.7

 

9.4

 

22

Baseline

0.216 (0.006)

0.701 (0.007)

3.245

0.697 (0.007)

3.227

0.694 (0.004)

3.213

0.690 (0.007)

3.194

 

Reduced

0.194 (0.006)

0.694 (0.007)

3.577

0.691 (0.007)

3.562

0.687 (0.007)

3.541

0.684 (0.007)

3.526

 

% red.

10.2

0.9

 

0.9

 

1.0

 

0.9

 

45

Baseline

0.287 (0.007)

0.841 (0.006)

2.930

0.839 (0.006)

2.923

0.836 (0.006)

2.913

0.834 (0.006)

2.906

 

Reduced

0.265 (0.007)

0.838 (0.006)

3.162

0.835 (0.006)

3.151

0.833 (0.006)

3.143

0.831 (0.006)

3.136

 

% red.

7.6

0.4

 

0.5

 

0.4

 

0.4

 

b: Sensitivity ≥ Specificity

      
   

Sen. = 0.95

 

Sen. = 0.95

 

Sen. = 0.95

 

Sen. = 0.95

 
   

Spe. = 0.95

 

Spe. = 0.90

 

Spe. = 0.85

 

Spe. = 0.80

 

2

Baseline

0.052 (0.004)

0.142 (0.006)

2.731

0.229 (0.006)

4.404

0.311 (0.007)

5.981

0.387 (0.008)

7.442

 

Reduced

0.027 (0.003)

0.120 (0.005)

4.444

0.209 (0.007)

7.74

0.293 (0.007)

10.85

0.371 (0.008)

13.74

 

% red.

49.1

15.5

 

8.7

 

5.8

 

4.1

 

4

Baseline

0.064 (0.004)

0.231 (0.007)

3.609

0.375 (0.007)

5.859

0.497 (0.008)

7.766

0.599 (0.008)

9.359

 

Reduced

0.033 (0.003)

0.207 (0.006)

6.272

0.356 (0.008)

10.78

0.482 (0.009)

14.61

0.588 (0.008)

17.82

 

% red.

48.4

10.4

 

5.1

 

3.0

 

1.8

 

22

Baseline

0.216 (0.007)

0.701 (0.007)

3.245

0.883 (0.005)

4.088

0.954 (0.003)

4.417

0.983 (0.002)

4.551

 

Reduced

0.194 (0.006)

0.694 (0.007)

3.577

0.881 (0.005)

4.541

0.954 (0.003)

4.917

0.982 (0.002)

5.062

 

% red.

10.2

0.9

 

0.2

 

0

 

0.1

 

45

Baseline

0.288 (0.007)

0.841 (0.006)

2.920

0.961 (0.003)

3.337

0.990 (0.002)

3.438

0.997 (0.001)

3.462

 

Reduced

0.265 (0.007)

0.838 (0.006)

3.162

0.960 (0.003)

3.623

0.990 (0.002)

3.736

0.997 (0.001)

3.762

 

% red.

7.6

0.4

 

0.1

 

0

 

0

 
  1. *2: high-risk vaccine types(HPV 16, 18); 4: vaccine types (HPV 6, 11, 16, 18); 23: high-risk types (HPV 16, 18, 26, 30, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 59, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 82, 85); 45: any types (HPV 6, 11, 13, 16, 18, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91).
  2. §Pre-specified type-specific prevalence at baseline:HPV6 = 0.009, HPV11 = 0.003, HPV13 = 0.001, HPV16 = 0.041, HPV18 = 0.013, HPV26 = 0, HPV30 = 0.002, HPV31 = 0.021, HPV32 = 0.001, HPV33 = 0.007, HPV35 = 0.007, HPV39 = 0.016, HPV40 = 0.005, HPV42 = 0.013, HPV43 = 0.002, HPV44 = 0.003, HPV45 = 0.015, HPV51 = 0.016, HPV52 = 0.014, HPV53 = 0.005,HPV54 = 0.008, HPV56 = 0.010, HPV58 = 0.013, HPV59 = 0.012, HPV62 = 0.016, HPV66 = 0.019, HPV67 = 0.013, HPV68 = 0.003, HPV69 = 0.003, HPV70 = 0.011, HPV72 = 0.007, HPV73 = 0.005, HPV74 = 0.007, HPV81 = 0.007, HPV82 = 0.002, HPV83 = 0.007, HPV84 = 0.004, HPV85 = 0.003, HPV89 = 0.010, HPV90 = 0.004, HPV86 = 0.004, HPV87 = 0.001, HPV91 = 0.001, HPV61 = 0.001, HPV71 = 0.
  3. Reduced: vaccine types (HPV 6, 11, 16, 18) are reduced 50%.