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. 2019 Apr;31(2):316–328. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2019.02.06

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Characteristics of multiple-use models

Model Year Country or region Research design Statistical methods Population Modeling sample AUC (95% CI) C-index (95% CI)
AUC, area under receiver-operating characteristic curve; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; C-index, concordance index.
Bach (9) 2003 US Cohort study Cox proportional hazards regression Aged 50−69 years, current and former smokers 18,172 0.72
Spitz (14) 2007 US Case-control study Logistic Never, former and current smokers Cancer case 1,851/Control 2,001 Never smokers: cancer case 330/Control 379 Former smokers: cancer case 784/Control 884 Current smokers: cancer case 737/Control 738 Never smokers,
0.57 (0.47−0.66);
Former smokers,
0.63 (0.58−0.69);
Current smokers,
0.58 (0.52−0.64)
Never smokers:
0.59 (0.51−0.67);
Former smokers:
0.63 (0.58−0.67);
Current smokers:
0.65 (0.60−0.69)
Spitz (15) 2008 US Case-control study Logistic Current and former smokers, White non-Hispanic cases Current smokers: cancer case 350/Control 244; Former smokers: cancer case 375/Control 371 Former smokers,
0.70 (0.66−0.74);
Current smokers,
0.73 (0.69−0.77)
LLP (16) 2008 United
Kingdom
Case-control study Logistic Aged 20−80 years Cancer case 579/
Control 1,157
0.71
LLPi (17) 2015 United
Kingdom
Case-control study Cox proportional hazards regression Aged 45−79 years 8,760: cancer case 237, control 8,523 0.852 (0.831−0.873)
PLCO (18) 2009 Canada Cohort study Logistic Aged 55−74 years who were free of the cancers under study 12,314 0.865
PLCO (19) 2011 Canada Cohort study Logistic Aged 55−74 years, Model 1: the PLCO control arms; Model 2: smokers only Model 1: 70,962
Model 2: 38,254
Model 1: 0.859
(0.8476−0.8707);
Model 2: 0.809
(0.7957−0.8219)
PLCOM (20) 2012 Canada Cohort study Logistic Aged 55−74 years, former smokers 36,286 0.803 (0.782−0.813)
Etzel (21) 2008 US Case-control study Logistic African-Americans Cancer case 491/Control 497 0.75
Pittsburgh (22) 2016 US Case-control study Logistic Aged 55−74 years, current and former smokers LDCT 25,929/CXR 25,648 LDCT 0.679/CXR 0.687
Hoggart (23) 2012 United
Kingdom
Cohort study Survival analysis Aged 40−65 years, current, former and never smokers 169,035 (90% of the data) One year-current: 0.82; Former: 0.83; Never: 0.84. 5 year-current: 0.77; Former: 0.72; Never: 0.79