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Do false-positive screening results affect screening behavior for prostate cancer?

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boxed-textFord ME et al. (2005) Effects of false-positive prostate cancer screening results on subsequent prostate cancer screening behavior. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14: 190–194

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Ratio of odds of an event in intervention group to odds in control group; when <1 for an undesirable outcome, the intervention reduced the risk

CI (CONFIDENCE INTERVAL)

An estimated range of values (based on a given set of sample data) that has a specified probability of containing the value being estimated

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