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@ARTICLE{Gies:169975,
author = {A. Gies$^*$ and T. Niedermaier$^*$ and E. Alwers$^*$ and T.
Hielscher$^*$ and K. Weigl$^*$ and T. Heisser$^*$ and P.
Schrotz-King$^*$ and M. Hoffmeister$^*$ and H. Brenner$^*$},
title = {{C}onsistent {M}ajor {D}ifferences in {S}ex- and
{A}ge-{S}pecific {D}iagnostic {P}erformance among {N}ine
{F}aecal {I}mmunochemical {T}ests {U}sed for {C}olorectal
{C}ancer {S}creening.},
journal = {Cancers},
volume = {13},
number = {14},
issn = {2072-6694},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {DKFZ-2021-01675},
pages = {3574 -},
year = {2021},
note = {#EA:C120#LA:C070#},
abstract = {Evidence on diagnostic performance of faecal immunochemical
tests (FITs) by sex and age is scarce. We aimed to evaluate
FIT performance for detection of advanced colorectal
neoplasia (AN) by sex and age across nine different FIT
brands in a colonoscopy-controlled setting. The faecal
samples were obtained from 2042 participants of colonoscopy
screening. All eligible cases with AN (n = 216) and 300
randomly selected participants without AN were included.
Diagnostic performance for detection of AN was assessed by
sex and age (50-64 vs. 65-79 years for each of the nine FITs
individually and for all FITs combined. Sensitivity was
consistently lower, and specificity was consistently higher
for females as compared with males (pooled values at
original FIT cutoffs, $25.7\%$ vs. $34.6\%,$ p = 0.12 and
$96.2\%$ vs. $90.8\%,$ p < 0.01, respectively). Positive
predictive values (PPVs) were similar between both sexes,
but negative predictive values (NPVs) were consistently
higher for females (pooled values, $91.8\%$ vs. $86.6\%,$ p
< 0.01). Sex-specific cutoffs attenuated differences in
sensitivities but increased differences in predictive
values. According to age, sensitivities and specificities
were similar, whereas PPVs were consistently lower and NPVs
were consistently higher for the younger participants. A
negative FIT is less reliable in ruling out AN among men
than among women and among older than among younger
participants. Comparisons of measures of diagnostic
performance among studies with different sex or age
distributions should be interpreted with caution.},
keywords = {colon cancer (Other) / early detection (Other) / faecal
occult blood test (Other) / prevention (Other)},
cin = {C120 / C070 / C060 / HD01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C120-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)C070-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)C060-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)HD01-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:34298786},
doi = {10.3390/cancers13143574},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/169975},
}