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.