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. 2015 Apr 16;350:h1662. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h1662

Table 2.

 Time to benefit (years) at specific thresholds of absolute risk reduction for colorectal cancer screening

Studies Absolute risk reduction (95% CI)
Threshold 0.0002 Threshold 0.0005 Threshold 0.001
Segnan et al 201115 6.0 (1.4 to 16.7) 8.4 (2.9 to 19.2) 11.4 (4.9 to 22.7)
Schoen et al 201214 4.6 (2.3 to 8.5) 7.3 (4.6 to 11.1) 10.8 (7.5 to 15.1)
Atkin et al 201012 3.8 (2.2 to 6.0) 5.9 (4.2 to 8.2) 8.6 (6.5 to 11.2)
Holme et al 201413 5.6 (2.7 to 10.3) 7.5 (4.7 to 11.4) 9.8 (6.8 to 13.5)
Summary 4.3 (2.8 to 5.8) 6.6 (5.1 to 8.2) 9.4 (7.6 to 11.3)