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. 2012 Nov 19;12:529. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-529

Table 3.

Comparison of the expected cases (E) of invasive breast cancer predicted by each respective model, to the observed cases (O) in the Singapore Breast Screening Programme (SBSP) cohort for each ethnic group

Age at entry, (y)
No. of women followed
 
 
GAIL-SBSP
 
 
S-GAIL-SBSP
 
 
E-GAIL-SBSP
 
    O E E/O (CI) P E E/O (CI) P E E/O (CI) P
Overall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
45–49
109
0
0.95

0.092
0.97

0.111
0.96

0.006
50–59
13,911
144
124.11
0.86 (0.73 to 1.01)
 
124.86
0.87 (0.74 to 1.02)
 
149.12
1.04 (0.88 to 1.22)
 
60–69
14,642
95
115.38
1.21 (0.99 to 1.49)
 
114.57
1.21 (0.99 to 1.47)
 
137.70
1.45 (1.19 to 1.77)
 
70–74
221
2
1.40
0.70 (0.18 to 2.80)
 
1.40
0.70 (0.17 to 2.80)
 
1.69
0.85 (0.21 to 3.38)
 
Total
28,883
241
241.83
1.00 (0.88 to 1.14)
0.957
241.80
1.00 (0.88 to 1.14)
0.959
289.47
1.20 (1.06 to 1.36)
0.004
Chinese
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
45–49
93
0
0.85

0.440
0.87

0.480
0.84

0.076
50–59
11,795
119
109.98
0.92 (0.77 to 1.11)
 
109.64
0.92 (0.77 to 1.10)
 
127.35
1.07 (0.89 to 1.28)
 
60–69
12,256
87
99.85
1.15 (0.93 to 1.42)
 
98.22
1.13 (0.91 to 1.39)
 
115.12
1.32 (1.07 to 1.63)
 
70–74
195
2
1.21
0.60 (0.15 to 2.42)
 
1.20
0.60 (0.15 to 2.40)
 
1.44
0.72 (0.18 to 2.88)
 
Total
24,339
208
211.88
1.02 (0.89 to 1.17)
0.790
209.93
1.01 (0.88 to 1.16)
0.894
244.75
1.18 (1.03 to 1.35)
0.019
Malay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
45–49
7
0
0.05

0.652
0.06

0.591
0.05

0.209
50–59
711
4
4.91
1.23 (0.46 to 3.27)
 
5.23
1.31 (0.49 to 3.48)
 
7.27
1.82 (0.68 to 4.85)
 
60–69
889
2
5.41
2.71 (0.68 to 10.82)
 
5.67
2.84 (0.71 to 11.34)
 
7.72
3.86 (0.97 to 15.43)
 
70–74
12
0
0.08

 
0.08

 
0.11

 
Total
1,619
6
10.46
1.74 (0.78 to 3.88)
0.168
11.04
1.84 (0.83 to 4.09)
0.130
15.15
2.53 (1.13 to 5.62)
0.019
Indian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
45–49
5
0
0.03

<0.001
0.03

<0.001
0.02

0.002
50–59
683
16
4.75
0.30 (0.18 to 0.48)
 
5.08
0.32 (0.19 to 0.52)
 
6.98
0.44 (0.27 to 0.71)
 
60–69
727
1
5.34
5.34 (0.75 to 37.90)
 
5.56
5.56 (0.78 to 39.49)
 
7.58
7.58 (1.07 to 53.79)
 
70–74
7
0
0.04

 
0.04

 
0.05

 
Total 1,422 17 10.16 0.60 (0.37 to 0.96) 0.032 10.71 0.63 (0.39 to 1.01) 0.055 14.64 0.86 (0.54 to 1.38) 0.537