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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jan 22;202(4):373.e1–373.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.11.029

Table 1.

Identification of study populations for simple cyst prevalence and incidence analyses from the intervention arm of the PLCO Cancer Screening Trial

39115 women randomized to the screening arm
  4895 not eligible for TVU
  3831 not compliant with TVU
    239 with inadequate TVU(s)
30150 received at least one adequate TVU
  6610 with ovaries never visualized
  7805 at most one ovary visualized
15735 with a qualifying TVU for prevalence estimation*
  3097 with cysts/solid masses on prevalence TVU
  7137 other reasons for no TVU for incidence estimation**
5501 with a qualifying TVU for incidence estimation***
*

prevalence TVU = first screen with both ovaries visualized

**

no longer eligible, not compliant, inadequate screen, both ovaries not visualized, or prevalence TVU occurred during last screening round (year 3)

***

incidence TVU = second exam with both ovaries visualized, one year after prevalence exam, no cysts on prevalence exam