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

Table 3. Incidence, stratified by NLST Inclusion: case-control and population set separate.

Dataset 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
Case-control (409C/617N) NLSTa (98C/167N) Incidence Unadjusted 2.7% 38/17 39%/10% (0.096, 1 in 10) 60/15 61%/90% (0.981, 1 in 54) 29/5 30%/3% (0.215, 1 in 5) 9/12 9%/7% (0.034, 1 in 29) 47/117 48%/70% (0.981, 1 in 54) 13/33 13%/20% (0.982, 1 in 55)
Non-NLSTb (311C/450N) Incidence Unadjusted 2.7% 95/41 31%/9% (0.085, 1 in 12) 216/409 69%/91% (0.979, 1 in 48) 56/14 18%/3% (0.138, 1 in 7) 39/27 13%/6% (0.055, 1 in 18) 191/304 61%/68% (0.975, 1 in 41) 25/105 8%/23% (0.991, 1 in 106)
aP-value 0.92 0.11 0.51 0.19 0.02 0.20
bP-value C 0.13/N 0.69 C 0.02/N 0.78
Population (35C/741N) NLSTa (18C/248N) Incidence Unadjusted 2.7% 5/19 28%/8% (0.091, 1 in 11) 13/229 72%/92% (0.979, 1 in 47) 2/4 11%/2% (0.160, 1 in 6) 3/15 17%/6% (0.071, 1 in 14) 9/153 50%/62% (0.978, 1 in 45) 4/76 22%/31% (0.980, 1 in 51)
Non-NLSTb (17C/493N) Incidence Unadjusted 2.7% 8/48 47%/10% (0.118, 1 in 8) 9/445 53%/90% (0.984, 1 in 62) 5/9 29%/2% (0.309, 1 in 3) 3/39 18%/8% (0.058, 1 in 17) 7/291 41%/59% (0.981, 1 in 53) 2/154 12%/31% (0.990, 1 in 97)
cP-value 0.47 0.01 0.92 0.26 0.07 0.09
dP-value C 0.24/N 0.35 C 0.54/N 0.79

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).