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. 2010 Feb;45(1):265–282. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01051.x

Table 2.

Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value by Patient Demographic and Cancer Site

Sensitivity (95% Confidence Interval)
Positive Predictive Value (95% Confidence Interval)
Michigan Ohio Michigan Ohio
Age group
65–69 82.3 (79.67, 85.1) 75.7 (72.6, 78.7) 97.6 (96.4, 98.8) 85.2 (82.5, 87.9)
70–74 80.4 (77.6, 83.1) 78.4 (75.8, 80.9) 97.9 (96.8, 99.0) 83.5 (81.1, 85.9)
75–79 72.7 (69.5, 76.0) 80.4 (77.9, 82.9) 97.8 (96.5, 99.0) 86.6 (84.3, 88.9)
80–84 67.9 (64.3, 71.6) 84.4 (81.9, 86.8) 98.4 (97.2, 99.6) 92.2 (90.3, 94.1)
85+ 62.4 (58.2, 66.5) 83.9 (81.8, 86.0) 97.3 (95.6, 99.0) 95.3 (94.0, 96.6)
Race
African American 79.2 (76.8, 81.7) 79.4 (77.0, 81.9) 97.3 (96.3, 98.4) 87.0 (84.9, 89.1)
All others 71.9 (70.1, 73.7) 81.2 (79.9, 82.5) 98.0 (97.4, 98.7) 89.3 (88.3, 90.4)
Sex
Male 67.8 (65.2, 70.3) 77.0 (74.8, 79.2) 97.3 (96.2, 98.3) 86.1 (84.2, 88.0)
Female 78.2 (76.4, 79.9) 82.5 (81.2, 83.8) 98.1 (97.5, 98.8) 90.0 (88.9, 91.0)
Cancer site
Breast 76.1 (73.9, 78.4) 83.3 (81.6, 85.0) 98.3 (97.5, 99.1) 89.4 (88.0, 90.9)
Prostate 69.5 (66.5, 72.4) 78.5 (75.8, 81.2) 97.2 (96.0, 98.5) 85.7 (83.3, 88.1)
Colorectal 75.8 (73.4, 78.3) 79.5 (77.7, 81.3) 97.8 (86.8, 98.7) 89.7 (88.2, 91.1)
All sites/sexes 74.2 (72.7, 75.6) 80.8 (79.7, 81.9) 97.8 (97.3, 98.4) 88.8 (87.9, 90.0)