Table 1

 Number of participants by centre, gender and faecal occult blood test positivity

Potential participantsReturned FIT (%)Refused or regarded as inappropriate (%)Did not respond (%)
FIT, faecal immunochemical test; gFOBT, guaiac faecal occult blood test.
The percentages are across rows.
Overall1124558 (49.6)320 (28.5)246 (21.9)
By centre
    Centre A323171 (52.9)122 (37.8)30 (9.3)
    Centre B8444 (52.4)31 (36.9)9 (10.7)
    Centre C328179 (54.6)45 (13.7)104 (31.7)
    Centre D389164 (42.2)122 (31.4)103 (26.4)
By gender
    Male673333 (49.5)194 (28.8)196 (21.7)
    Female451225 (49.9)126 (27.9)100 (22.2)
By gFOBT positivity
    Strongly positive18187 (48.1)60 (33.1)34 (18.8)
    Weakly positive943471 (49.9)260 (27.6)212 (22.5)