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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2013; 19(5): 736-741
Published online Feb 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i5.736
Published online Feb 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i5.736
Table 1 Demographics of participants n (%)
National Cancer Screening Program | Opportunistic screening | P value | |
No. of subjects | 34 416 (75.4) | 11 238 (24.6) | |
Age (yr), mean ± SD | 56.2 ± 9.2 | 50.0 ± 8.0 | < 0.001 |
40-49 | 8723 (25.4) | 6159 (54.8) | |
50-59 | 12 491 (36.3) | 3623 (32.2) | |
60-69 | 10 645 (30.9) | 1165 (10.4) | |
70+ | 2557 (7.4) | 291 (2.6) | |
Sex | < 0.001 | ||
Male | 11 987 (34.8) | 6668 (59.3) | |
Female | 22 429 (65.2) | 4570 (40.7) | |
No. of regular follow-up | 6585 (19.1) | 3050 (27.1) | < 0.001 |
Gastric cancer | 100 (0.3) | 26 (0.2) | 0.299 |
Endoscopic feature | 0.046 | ||
EGC | 74 (74.0) | 14 (53.8) | |
AGC | 26 (26.0) | 12(46.2) |
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Citation: Kim BJ, Heo C, Kim BK, Kim JY, Kim JG. Effectiveness of gastric cancer screening programs in South Korea: Organized
vs opportunistic models. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(5): 736-741 - URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i5/736.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i5.736