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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: Thorax. 2021 Oct 29;77(9):882–890. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217142

Table 3. LLPV2 (recalibrated) performance in CPRD showing the proportion of people with lung cancer that might have been screened at selected thresholds.

LLPv2 (recalibrated) performance in CPRD
Corresponding risk threshold <1% (n=357 595) 1%–<2.5% (n=140 646) 2.5%–<5% (n=174 985) ≥5% (n=168 883)
Non-lung cancer cases Lung cancer cases Non-lung cance cases Lung cancer cases Non-lung cancer cases Lung cancer cases Non-lung cancer cases Lung cancer cases
Number of patients (%) 356 485 (99.7) 1110 (0.3) 139 672 (99.3) 974 (0.7) 173 057 (98.9) 1928 (1.1) 165 772 (98.2) 3111 (1.8)
Mean predicted risk 0.56% 0.64% 1.62% 1.69% 3.64% 3.71% 7.10% 7.50%
Proportion of total lung cancer 15.6% 13.7% 27.1% 43.7%
Need to screen to detect one lung cancer case 322 144 91 54
Sensitivity above threshold (95% CI) 84.4 (83.6 to 85.3) 70.7 (69.7 to 71.8) 43.7 (42.5 to 44.8)
Specificity (95% CI) 42.7 (42.6 to 42.8) 59.4 (59.3 to 59.5) 80.1 (80.1 to 80.2)
Positive predictive value (95% CI) 1.24 (1.23 to 1.25) 1.47 (1.44 to 1.49) 1.84 (1.79 to 1.89)
Negative predictive value (95% CI) 99.7 (99.7 to 99.7) 99.6 (99.6 to 99.6) 99.4 (99.4 to 99.4)
Sex
    Females (%) 178 059 (50) 598 (54) 55 285 (40) 454 (47) 78 656 (45) 923 (48) 61 255 (37) 1085 (35)
    Males (%) 178 426 (50 512 (46) 84 387 (60) 520 (53) 94 401 (55) 1005 (52) 104 517 (63) 2026 (65)
Age (95% CI) 55 (52–58) 56 (53–58) 65 (61–71) 66 (61–70) 65 (62–68) 65 (63–68) 73 (71–77) 74 (71–77)
Pneumonia
    No (%) 352 184 (98.8) 1097 (98.8) 133 567 (95.6) 935 (96) 169 776 (98.1) 1887 (97.9) 155 717 (93.9) 2870 (92.2)
    Yes (%) 4301 (1.2) 13 (1.2) 6105 (4.4) 39 (4) 3281 (1.9) 41 (2.1) 10 055 (6.1) 241 (7.8)
Personal history
    No (%) 356 463 (99.9) 1110 (100) 139 636 (99.9) 974 (100) 173 026 (99.9) 1925 (99.8) 165 645 (99.9) 3107 (99.9)
    Yes (%) 22 (0.01) 0 (0) 36 (0.03) 0 (0) 31 (0.02) 3 (0.2) 127 (0.1) 4 (0.1)
Family history
    No (%) 356 094 (99.9) 1109 (99.9) 139 513 (99.9) 973 (99.9) 172 917 (99.9) 1924 (99.8) 165 627 (99.9) 3109 (99.9)
    Yes (%) 391 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 159 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 140 (0.1) 4 (0.2) 145 (0.1) 2 (0.1)
Asbestosis
    No (%) 356 270 (99.9) 1110 (100) 139 036 (99.5) 973 (99.9) 172 489 (99.7) 1916 (99.4) 163 939 (98.9) 3066 (98.6)
    Yes (%) 215 (0.1) 0 (0) 636 (0.5) 1 (0.1) 568 (0.3) 12 (0.6) 1833 (1.1) 45 (1.4)
Smoking duration (%)
    ≤20 years 90 384 (25) 164 (15) 22 885 (16) 94 (10) 494 (0.3) 7 (0.4) 7 (0) 1 (0)
    >20–≤40 years 266 101 (75) 946 (85) 100 929 (72) 749 (77) 23 906 (14) 269 (14) 1153 (1) 21 1)
    >40–≤60 years 0 (0) 0 (0) 15 858 (12) 131 (13) 148 657 (86) 1652 (86) 156 131 (94) 2870 (92)
    >60 years 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8481 (5) 219 (7)

.CPRD, Clinical Practice Research Datalink; LLPV2, Liverpool Lung Project V.2; n, number of participants.