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Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Dec;15(12):1707–1714. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0008

Table 4.

Mortality rate of observed and expected lung and pleural mesothelioma from 2003 to 2009 in subjects presenting with nodules mentioned by the radiologist on chest CT scan (Reference population: population of France)

	Subjects with nodules
	N= 933

Anatomic site	Obs (N)	Exp (N)	SMR^* [95% CI^**]
Lung	9	11.33	0.79 [0.36–1.51]
Pleural Mesothelioma	3	0.38	7.89 [1.63–23.07]

SMR = Standardised Mortality Ratio

^**

CI = Confidence Interval