Cytologic examination (95% Confidence interval)(%) Tissue biopsy (95% Confidence interval)(%) p*1
Sensitivity for detecting endometrial carcinoma 78.3 (66.7–87.3) 84.1 (73.3–91.8) 0.157
Sensitivity for detecting endometrial hyperplasia 54.5 (23.4–83.3) 90.9 (58.7–99.8) 0.045
Specificity 100.0 (59.0–100.0) 85.7 (42.1–99.6) *2
*1McNemar’s chi-square test
*2Not calculable due to specificity of 100%
Table 4: Comparison of diagnostic accuracy between cytologic examination and tissue biopsy.