Table 1

Attendance rate for each test and overall coverage by gender and screening centre

FSFITOverall coverage*
InvitedAttendersInvitedAttenders
NN% (95% CI)NN% (95% CI)%
Verona
 Men9662415243.0 (42.0 to 44.0)5040120123.8 (22.7 to 25.0)55.4
 Women10 308370535.9 (35.0 to 36.9)6139197432.2 (31.0 to 33.3)55.1
Turin
 Men20 947701933.5 (32.9 to 34.2)12 183151812.5 (11.9 to 13.1)40.8
 Women22 801606826.6 (26.0 to 27.2)14 329258818.1 (17.4 to 18.7)38.0
  • * Estimated as attenders for FS + attenders for FIT divided by total number of people initially invited for FS.

  • FS, flexible sigmoidoscopy; FIT, immunochemical faecal occult blood test.