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Table 2 Estimated total number of incident breast cancer cases according to log-linear models Histopathological Registry (HR), hospital Multidisciplinary Team Meeting (MTM), and Cancer Screening Program (CSP)

From: Bayesian estimation of a cancer population by capture-recapture with individual capture heterogeneity and small sample

Models

N*

95% CI

df

G2**

P

θ + HR + MTM + CSP + HR*MTM + HR*CSP + MTM*CSP

793

[782–804]

0

0

1,0

θ + HR + MTM + CSP + HR*MTM +HR*CSP

799

[779–819]

1

14,6

<0,001

θ + HR + MTM + CSP + MTM*CSP + HR*CSP

807

[796–819]

1

2,7

0,10

θ + HR + MTM + CSP + MTM*CSP + HR*MTM

791

[784–797]

1

2,2

0,15

θ + HR + MTM + CSP + MTM*CSP

803

[794–813]

2

10,6

0,01

θ + HR + MTM + CSP + HR*CSP

812

[799–824]

2

15,6

<0,01

θ + HR + MTM + CSP + HR*MTM

793

[783–802]

2

19,5

<0,01

θ + HR + MTM + CSP

806

[793–820]

3

24,6

<0,01

  1. *Estimation by model of the total number of breast cancer cases **G2 = Goodness-of-fit for nested models G2M1 - G2M2.