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. 2013 Aug 13;105(17):1292–1297. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djt169

Table 4.

History of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening among participants in the 2005 to 2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey*

Characteristics Nonshiftworkers, mean (SD) Shiftworkers, mean (SD)
No. 506 67
Age, y 51.0 (6.9) 50.6 (6.9)
Age of first PSA test, y 47.9 (7.6) 45.1 (7.2)
Months since last PSA test 658 (847) 1146 (1650)
Number of PSA tests in the last 5 years 2.4 (2.2) 2.5 (2.4)
No. (%) No. (%)
Ever had a PSA test 199 (41.6) 27 (40.9)
Ever had an abnormal PSA test 7 (3.5) 2 (7.4)

* SD = standard deviation.