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. 2013 Feb 25;13:10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-10

Table 3.

Coverage and detection of high cardiovascular risk populations for various screening strategies

 
Targeted screening
Universal
  ≥ age 50 ≥ age 45 ≥ age 40 ≥ age 35 screening
Overall
 
 
 
 
 
Coverage of population
46.72
58.06
70.13
84.47
100.00
Coverage of high risk population
94.39
98.71
99.82
100.00
100.00
% of high risk individuals - among those screened
53.97
45.42
38.02
31.62
26.71
NNS to detect 1 high risk individual (no.)
1.85
2.20
2.63
3.16
3.74
Males
 
 
 
 
 
Coverage of population
44.36
56.32
68.82
83.95
100.00
Coverage of high risk population
92.60
98.22
99.75
100.00
100.00
% of high risk individuals - among those screened
72.41
60.50
50.28
41.32
34.69
NNS to detect 1 high risk individual (no.)
1.38
1.65
1.99
2.42
2.88
Females
 
 
 
 
 
Coverage of population
49.03
59.76
71.41
84.98
100.00
Coverage of high risk population
97.61
99.58
99.99
100.00
100.00
% of high risk individuals - among those screened
37.59
31.47
26.43
22.22
18.88
NNS to detect 1 high risk individual (no.) 2.66 3.18 3.78 4.50 5.30

All data are in percentage (%) unless otherwise stated.

NNS numbers needed to screen.