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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Oct 16, 2025; 17(10): 108929
Published online Oct 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i10.108929
Table 1 Demographics of the study population
Characteristics
n (%)
Age (year), mean ± SD54.4 ± 9.1
Age ≤ 55836 (58.5)
Age > 55594 (41.5)
BMI upon admission (kg/m2), mean ± SD23.7 ± 2.8
Normal and low (BMI < 24.0)845 (59.1)
Overweight (BMI: 24.0-27.9)494 (34.5)
Obese (BMI ≥ 28.0)91 (6.4)
CRC family history27 (1.9)
Sex
Male818 (57.2)
Female612 (42.8)
Hospital
Beijing Chest Hospital93 (6.5)
Wuhai Hospital238 (16.6)
Taizhou Fourth People’s Hospital1099 (76.9)
Cigarette smoking
Nonsmoker974 (68.1)
Past smoker152 (10.6)
Current smoker304 (21.3)
TCM constitution
Yang-deficiency68 (4.8)
Inherited special16 (1.1)
Balanced1040 (72.7)
Damp-heat78 (5.5)
Qi-deficiency57 (4.0)
Qi-stagnation26 (1.8)
Phlegm-dampness71 (5.0)
Blood stasis27 (1.9)
Yin-deficiency47 (3.3)
APCS
Average risk370 (25.9)
Moderate risk755 (52.8)
High risk305 (21.3)
CRC findings
Negative1293 (90.4)
Advanced adenoma126 (8.8)
CRC11 (0.8)


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