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. 2010 Jan 5;102(3):469–474. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605512

Table 2. Risks for next-round prostate cancer, FP result and non-participation after a previous round FP result and negative screening result.

  Risk for PC after FP result, % Risk for PC after negative screen, % RR (95 % CI) Risk for FP result after FP result, % Risk for FP after negative screen, % RR (95 % CI) Risk for non- participation after FP result, % Risk for non-participation after negative screen, % RR (95 % CI)
Round 1/Round 2
 55 years 14.1 1.4 9.9 (6.1–16.1) 50.0 4.1 12.2 (9.8–15.1) 27.8 16.4 1.7 (1.3–2.2)
 59 years 15.2 2.4 6.3 (4.3–9.4) 64.0 5.5 11.6 (9.8–13.7) 21.6 14.3 1.5 (1.2–1.9)
 63 years 19.7 3.2 6.2 (4.5–8.5) 53.6 6.0 9.0 (7.5–10.7) 26.8 14.5 1.8 (1.5–2.2)
 67 years 14.2 3.7 3.9 (2.7–5.5) 62.5 7.1 8.8 (7.4–10.4) 27.3 14.0 1.9 (1.6–2.3)
 Total 16.0 2.5 6.5 (5.4–7.8) 58.3 5.4 10.7 (9.8–11.7) 26.0 15.0 1.7 (1.6–1.9)
                   
Round 2/Round 3
 59 years 12.9 2.1 6.2 (4.0–9.6) 52.0 4.3 12.0 (9.8–14.6) 29.3 16.7 1.8 (1.4–2.1)
 63 years 12.3 3.4 3.6 (2.4–5.3) 59.1 4.5 13.3 (11.0–16.0) 29.6 14.6 2.0 (1.7–2.4)
 67 years 13.6 3.0 4.5 (3.0–6.7) 58.7 5.9 10.0 (8.3–12.1) 29.3 16.3 1.8 (1.5–2.2)
 Total 12.9 2.8 4.7 (3.7–5.9) 57.0 4.8 12.0 (10.7–13.4) 29.4 15.9 1.8 (1.7–2.1)

Abbreviations: PC=prostate cancer; FP=false-positive screening result; RR=risk ratio; CI=confidence interval.