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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2018 Apr 23;124(11):2390–2398. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31271

Table 4.

Number of false-positives*

Females Males

Up-to-date with
colorectal cancer
screening
Up-to-date with
breast cancer
screening
Up-to-date with
colorectal cancer
screening

Column (1) (2) (3)

AOR
(95% CI)
P for
trend
AOR
(95% CI)
P for
trend
AOR
(95% CI)
P for
trend
Number of false-positive breast cancer screenings
  0 Ref. Ref.
  1 1.16 (1.10–1.23) <0.001 1.34 (1.26–1.43) <0.001
  ≥2 1.50 (1.35–1.67) 2.63 (2.23–3.10)
Number of false-positive prostate cancer screenings
  0 Ref.
  1 1.18 (1.05–1.32) 0.005
  ≥2 1.40 (1.11–1.71)
Psuedo-R2 0.52 0.40 0.59
Number of person-years 262,242 262,242 188,242
Number of individuals 52,871 52,871 39,534
*

Nnumber of false-positive FOBTs was not assessed, because average risk patients with 1 false-positive and a negative follow-up colonoscopy would not be expected to re-screen during the sample period. Adjusted for covariates as described in manuscript.