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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Jul 8;14(9):1538–1546. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.05.045

Table 1:

MN prevalence, positive study and lung cancer rate in the NLST

Micronodule Identified on At Least One CT Screen No Micronodules Identified Total
At Least One Positive CT Screening Exam Never Positive Total At Least One Positive CT Screening Exam Never Positive Total At Least One Positive CT Screening Exam Never Positive Total
N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N %
Lung Cancer 319 5.74 90 1.56 409 3.61 547 11.89 133 1.23 680 4.42 866 8.52 223 1.35 1089 4.08
No Lung Cancer 5241 94.26 5676 98.44 10917 96.39 4053 88.11 10663 98.77 14716 95.58 9294 91.48 16339 98.65 25633 95.92
Total CT Randomized Participants 5560 100.00 5766 100.00 11326 100.00 4600 100.00 10796 100.00 15396 100.00 10160 100.00 16562 100.00 26722 100.00