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. 2013 Oct;5(5):618–625. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.08.65

Table 2. Incidence, stratified by NLST Inclusion, all datasets pooled.

Dataset Cut-offs Two-stratum

Four-stratum
Positivity (C/N) (PPV, 1/PPV)
Negativity (C/N) [NPV, 1/(1-NPV)]
Positivity (C/N) (PPV, 1/PPV)
Negativity (C/N) [NPV, 1/(1-NPV)]
Current positive Current negative High positive Positive Negative Low negative
NLSTa (116C/415N) Incidence Unadjusted 2.7% 43/36 37%/9% (0.106, 1 in 9) 73/379 63%/91% (0.981, 1 in 53) 31/9 27%/2% (0.255, 1 in 4) 12/27 10%/7% (0.042, 1 in 24) 56/270 48%/65% (0.980, 1 in 50) 17/109 15%/26% (0.985, 1 in 66)
Non-NLSTb (328C/943N) Incidence Unadjusted 2.7% 103/89 31%/9% (0.085, 1 in 12) 225/854 69%/91% (0.979, 1 in 49) 61/23 19%/2% (0.175, 1 in 6) 42/66 13%/7% (0.048, 1 in 21) 198/595 60%/63% (0.974, 1 in 39) 27/259 8%/28% (0.992, 1 in 121)
cP-value 0.91 0.03 0.56 0.37 0.005 0.22
dP-value C 0.26/N 0.65 C 0.03/N 0.91

aIndividuals who met the NLST criteria for lung cancer screening; bIndividuals who did not meet the NLST criteria for lung cancer screening; cAssociation of Cancer status and NLST eligibility using χ2 test; dAssociation of EarlyCDT-Lung positivity and NLST eligibility using χ2 test. C, cancers; N, normals (cancer-free controls).