Table 1. Characteristics of Screening Trials for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.1

Characteristic MASS22 Western Australia Study23,32 Viborg County Study21 Chichester Study, Men20 Chichester Study, Women20
Location United Kingdom Australia Denmark United Kingdom United Kingdom
Age, y 65–74 65–83 65–73 65–80 65–80
Total patients randomly assigned to treatment, n 67,800 38,704 12,658 6433 9342
Mean followup, y 4.1 3.62 5.1 2.5 2.6
Invited for screening, n 33,839 19,352 6339 3205 4682
Attended screening, % 80 63 69 73 65
Uninvited controls, n 33,961 19,352 6319 3228 4660
Outcomes ascertained, % 99 993 100 NR NR
Quality Good Fair Fair Fair Fair

1. Values in parentheses are reference numbers. All studies except the Chichester study included only men. MASS= Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study; NR= not reported.
2. Median followup.
3. Provided by the study investigators.

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