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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2009; 15(12): 1487-1492
Published online Mar 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1487
Table 4 Baseline characteristics according to the clinical significance of extracolonic lesions n (%)
Highly significant lesion (n = 60)Intermediately significant lesion (n = 250)Lowly significant lesion (n = 382)No extracolonic lesion (n = 388)P-value
Age (mean ± SD)58.3 ± 16.457.9 ± 13.859.0 ± 11.954.4 ± 13.1< 0.001
Male:Female36:24116:134237:145233:1550.001
Indication< 0.001
Screening16 (26.7)76 (30.4)155 (40.6)160 (41.2)
Family history1 (1.7)4 (1.6)4 (1.0)13 (3.4)
Past history10 (16.7)38 (15.2)55 (14.4)93 (24.0)
GI bleeding5 (8.3)19 (7.6)11 (2.9)17 (4.4)
IDA1 (1.7)7 (2.8)8 (2.1)0 (0.0)
Bowel habit change6 (10.0)27 (10.8)44 (11.5)38 (9.8)
Abdominal pain17 (28.2)58 (23.2)78 (20.4)56 (14.4)
Others4 (6.7)21 (8.4)27 (7.1)11 (2.8)
CT with enhancement153 (88.3)225 (90.0)320 (83.7)305 (78.6)0.001
Hospital< 0.001
A (n = 313)23 (38.4)61 (24.4)77 (20.2)151 (38.9)
B (n = 214)9 (15.0)86 (34.4)86 (22.6)33 (8.5)
C (n = 171)5 (8.3)24 (9.6)60 (15.7)81 (20.9)
D (n = 149)2 (3.3)31 (12.4)70 (18.3)45 (11.6)
E (n = 104)10 (16.7)20 (8.0)44 (11.5)30 (7.7)
F (n = 73)5 (8.3)16 (6.4)12 (3.1)40 (10.3)
G (n = 59)6 (10.0)12 (4.8)33 (8.6)8 (2.1)