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Table 4 Review of the literature and pooled analysis of studies with reported histo-pathological outcome

From: Natural history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in pregnancy: postpartum histo-pathologic outcome and review of the literature

Author, Date

N

Population

Analysis

Regression

Persistence

Progression

Lurain [19]

53

Pregnant women with CIN I–III

Retrospective

77.4 %

22.6 %

0 %

Yost [7]

153

Pregnant women with CIN II–III

Retrospective

69.3 %

26.8 %

3.9 %

Palle [16]

142

Pregnant women with CIN I–III

Retrospective

25 %

47 %

28 %

Vlahos [8]

78

Pregnant women with CIN II–III

Retrospective

61.6 %

38.4 %

0 %

Paraskevaides [9]

64

Pregnant women with CIN II–III

Retrospective

37.5 %

59.4 %

3.1 %

Serati [15]

36

Pregnant women with CIN II–III

Prospective

47.3 %

52.7 %

0 %

Coppolillo [11]

30

Pregnant women with CIN II–III

Retrospective

16.7 %

70.0 %

13.3 %

Kärrberg [17]

163

Pregnant women with CIN I–III

Prospective

33.1 %

54.6 %

12.3 %

This study

51

Pregnant women with CIN I–III

Retrospective

56.9 %

39.2 %

3.9 %

Pooled analysis

770

Pregnant women with CIN I–III

Pooled

46.8 %

43.6 %

9.6 %