First author [ref.] | Patients n | Publication yr | Prevalence# % | Sensitivity % WLB | Sensitivity % WLB+AFB | Relative factor |
Lam [1] | 173 | 1998 | 43 | 25 | 67 | 2.7 |
Ikeda [4] | 158 | 1999 | 27 | 88 | 98 | 1.1 |
Kusunoki [10] | 50 | 2000 | 32 | 85 | 94 | 1.1 |
Hirsch [11] | 55 | 2001 | 58 | 22 | 81 | 3.7 |
Ernst [6] | 293 | 2005 | NR | 44 | 92 | 2.1 |
Chiyo [8] | 32 | 2005 | NR | 62 | 85 | 1.4 |
Chhajed [12] | 151 | 2005 | NR | 72 | 96 | 1.3 |
Lam [13] | 62 | 2006 | 13 | 58 | 92 | 1.6 |
Edell [2] | 170 | 2009 | 19 | 56 | 74 | 1.3 |
NR: not reported. #: moderate dysplasia, severe dysplasia, carcinoma in situ and invasive carcinoma.