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. 2016 Oct 12;11(10):e0164666. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164666

Table 1. Average yearly results in the short-, mid- and long-term (n = 395 simulations).

Yearly results
2015 2020 2024 2034
N 95%CI % N 95%CI % N 95%CI % N 95%CI %
Invited population 44,573 [44,518;44,600] 48,240 [48,150;48,285] 51,531 [51,420;51,586] 58,555 [58,438;58,613]
Participants 19,513 [19,257;19,642] 43.8% 24,002 [23,568;24,223] 49.8% 26,308 [25,822;26,555] 51.1% 30,407 [29,837;30,697] 51.9%
 Successive 0 0.0% 16,569 [16,197;16,758] 69.0% 19,899 [19,437;20,134] 75.6% 24,604 [24,058;24,882] 80.9%
Positive results of FIT 1,299 [1,261.1;1,318.8] 6.7% 1,250 [1,206.9;1,272.1] 5.2% 1,327 [1,283.5;1,349.8] 5.0% 1,496 [1,449.3;1,519.5] 4.9%
Number of colonoscopies after a positive FITa 1,218 [1,180.4;1,237.8] 82.2% 1,193 [1,150.0;1,215] 83.7% 1,257 [1,212.2;1,279.7] 83.0% 1,426 [1,379.7;1,449.5] 83.6%
 Negative 346 [329.1;354.7] 32.0% 405 [384.8;414.6] 38.2% 441 [420.5;451.6] 39.3% 507 [484.3;519.1] 40.0%
 Positive no cancer 667 [642.2;680.0] 61.7% 609 [582.9;622.2] 57.5% 638 [610.7;651.7] 56.9% 714 [686.8;727.5] 56.2%
  Low-risk adenomas 189 [177.4;195.0] 17.5% 204 [190.6;210.5] 19.2% 215 [201.8;222.5] 19.2% 252 [236.7;259.2] 19.8%
  Intermediate-risk adenomas 297 [281.5;305.1] 27.5% 284 [267.9;292.3] 26.8% 296 [279.6;304.9] 26.4% 328 [310.6;336.5] 25.8%
  High-risk adenomas 181 [168.2;187.6] 16.7% 121 [111.0;126.3] 11.4% 126 [115.6;131.3] 11.2% 134 [125.0;139.2] 10.6%
 Positive for cancer 68 [61.0;71.8] 6.3% 46 [40.5;49.0] 4.4% 43 [37.3;45.9] 3.8% 48 [42.3;51.0] 3.8%
Results of surveillance colonoscopyb 546 [524.5;557.3] 873 [842.0;888.1] 1,011 [974.1;1,029.3]
 Negative 391 [373.0;399.7] 71.5% 621 [595.8;633.6] 71.2% 719 [690.3;733.2] 71.1%
 Positive no cancer 154 [142.7;160.1] 28.2% 249 [234.9;255.9] 28.5% 288 [272.0;296.2] 28.5%
  Low-risk adenomas 141 [129.6;146.2] 25.7% 226 [212.6;232.5] 25.9% 260 [244.7;267.8] 25.7%
  High- and Intermediate-risk adenomas 14 [10.3;15.3] 2.5% 23 [19.1;25.1] 2.6% 28 [23.4;30.4] 2.8%
 Positive for cancer 1 [0.4;1.9] 0.3% 3 [1.4;3.6] 0.3% 4 [2.1;4.8] 0.4%

aNumber includes repeated colonoscopies, the % was calculated for the first colonoscopy.

bAverage adherence to surveillance colonoscopies: 52.1%.

FIT: Fecal-occult immunochemical test. CI: Confidence Interval