Table 1.

Study patients

	Total	Positive FIT			Other than positive FIT
		Total	FIT (+/+)	FIT (+/−)	Total	Symptom	Screening+surveillance
No.	8724	1282	264	1018	7442	1826	5616
Age, mean (SD), years	53.7 (12.5)	50.8 (12.4)	52.7 (13.7)	50.3 (11.9)	54.2 (12.4)	49.2 (13.4)	55.8 (11.6)
Male, n (%)	4350 (49.9)	613 (47.8)	144 (54.5)	469 (46.1)	3737 (50.2)	722 (39.5)	3015 (53.7)

FIT (+/+) indicates two-positive results for the two-sample FIT. FIT (+/−) indicates a one-positive result for the two-sample FIT.

FIT, faecal immunochemical test.