title: [Statistical study on the self-selection bias in FDG-PET cancer screening by a questionnaire survey].
abstract: A questionnaire survey was performed to investigate the possible presence of self-selection bias in 18F-FDG PET cancer screening (PET cancer screening). Responders to the questionnaires survey consisted of 80 healthy persons, who answered whether they undergo PET cancer screening, health consciousness, age, sex, and smoking history. The univariate and multivariate analyses on the four parameters were performed between the responders who were to undergo PET cancer screening and the responders who were not. Statistically significant difference was found in health consciousness between the above-mentioned two groups by both univariate and multivariate analysis with the odds ratio of 2.088. The study indicated that self-selection bias should exist in PET cancer screening.
authors: Department of Radiology, National Defense Medical College.
authors: Tamotsu
authors: T
authors: Kita
authors: Fuzuki
authors: F
authors: Yano
authors: Sadahiro
authors: S
authors: Watanabe
authors: Shigeyoshi
authors: S
authors: Soga
authors: Yukihiro
authors: Y
authors: Hama
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Shinmoto
authors: Shigeru
authors: S
authors: Kosuda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18