Table 1 Test characteristics of FIT and colonoscopy

FIT characteristics per lesion

Men

Women

[11, 14]

 Specificity

0.96^a

0.97^a

 Sensitivity diminutive adenoma

0.0041

0.003

 Sensitivity small adenoma

0.12

0.10

 Sensitivity large adenoma

0.30

0.28

 Sensitivity CRC early stage

0.50

0.50

 Sensitivity CRC late stage

0.85

0.85

[15]

 Diminutive adenoma

 Small adenoma

 Large adenoma