Effect of vaginal speculum lubrication on cervical cytology and discomfort during smear examination

Table 1 Age distribution of study population n (%)

Age interval (yr)	Frequency
< 30	63 (41.7)
30-40	48 (31.8)
40-50	35 (23.2)
50-60	5 (3.3)
Total	151

Table 2 Comparison of Pap cytology results in both groups n (%)

Cytology results	Without gel	With gel	P value
Unsatisfactory	3 (1.9)	5 (3.3)	0.2
NILM	146 (96.7)	142 (94.0)	0.1
Granulomatous cervicitis	0 (0)	1 (0.7)	0.2
LSIL	0 (0)	1 (0.7)	0.2
HSIL	2 (1.3)	2 (1.3)	0.5

NILM: Negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy; LSIL: Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; HSIL: High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.