Accuracy of urinary human papillomavirus testing for presence of cervical HPV: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the accuracy of testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in urine in detecting cervical HPV in sexually active women.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Searches of electronic databases from inception until December 2013, checks of reference lists, manual searches of recent issues of relevant journals, and contact with experts.

Eligibility criteria

Test accuracy studies in sexually active women that compared detection of urine HPV DNA with detection of cervical HPV DNA.

Data extraction and synthesis

Data relating to patient characteristics, study context, risk of bias, and test accuracy. 2 × 2 tables were constructed and synthesised by bivariate mixed effects meta-analysis.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Pathak N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4166201 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature