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corrected Table 3, full version




Corrected Table 3, full version

Table 3.  Comparison of number needed to be invited to screening and screening costs (ages 16-54 years) for different strategies using clinical and genetic confirmation of the diagnosis


No needed to screen to find one case
Screening cost per person invited for all stages
Screening cost per case detected
Life years gained (discounted at 1%)
Incremental drug costs
Incremental CHD event costs
Clinical confirmation
Universal (16 year olds)1365£7.15£97545.2£4818-£200
Universal1146£8.42£96453.5£3704-£171
Opportunistic (GP)*938£9.67£90723.7£3707-£171
Opportunistic (MI)dagger22£13.15£2840.8£2599-£52
Family tracing2.6£51.16£1333.5£3704-£171
Genetic confirmation
Universal (16 year olds)2729£26.43£72 1405.2£4818-£200
Universal2292£31.38£71 9223.5£3704-£171
Opportunistic (GP)*1876£37.72£70 7763.7£3707-£171
Opportunistic (MI)dagger43£86.16£37200.8£2599-£52
Family tracing (relatives, including cost   of finding mutation in proband) 2.6Dagger£719.26£1873§3.5£3704-£171

CHD=coronary heart disease.
* Patients attending general practitioner.
dagger Patients hospitalised for myocardial infarction.
Dagger Genetic testing of family members only if mutation is identified in proband.
§ Including cost of testing proband.