Abbreviations
ASCUS: atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; ASC-H:
Atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude a high-grade squamous
intraepithelial lesion; NILM: No intraepithelial lesion or malignancy;
ROC: Receiver operating characteristic; SIL: Squamous intraepithelial
lesion; CPG: Cytosine-phosphate-Guanine site; hrHPV: High-risk human
papillomavirus; No-lesion: histologically negative without squamous
intraepithelial lesion; LSIL: low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion;
HSIL: high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; CC: cervical cancer;
TCT: Thinprep cytologic test; (His)HSIL: high-grade squamous
intraepithelial lesion for histological diagnosis; (TCT)HSIL+:
cytological high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion or worse for TCT
result; L1: Late region 1; L2: Late region 2; LMIC: low- and
middle-income country; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: negative
predictive value; IC group: immediate colposcopy group; RF group: repeat
follow-up group.