Early and late-onset colorectal cancer in African Americans during COVID-19

Table 2 Demographics and clinical characteristics of early onset colorectal cancer pre (2015-2019) and during coronavirus disease (2020-2023), n (%)

Characteristics	EOCRC		P value
	2015-2019 (n = 6)	2020-2023 (n = 7)
Mean age	37.33	41.57	-
Male	4 (66.7)	7 (100)	0.097
Female	2 (33.3)	0	-
Race
African Americans	6 (100)	7 (100)	-
White	0	0	-
Asian	0	0	-
Hispanic	0	0	-
Others	0	0	-
BMI (kg/m2)			0.37
Underweight < 18.9	1 (25)	0
Normal (19-24.9)	1 (25)	1 (14.3)
Overweight (25-29.9)	0	1 (14.3)
Obese (30-34.9)	2 (50)	5 (71.4)
Smoking	2 (50)	5 (83.3)	0.26
Alcohol	2 (50)	4 (66.7)	0.58
Unemployed	2 (33.3)	1 (14.3)	0.42
Comorbidities
Hypertension	0	1 (14.3)	0.38
Indication for colonoscopy			0.91
Surveillance	1 (16.7)	1 (14.3)
Diagnostic	5 (83.3)	6 (85.7)
Diagnostic indication
GI bleeding	2(33.3)	4(57.4)	0.69
Change in bowel habits	1 (16.7)	3 (42.8)	0.047
Abnormal imaging	2 (33.3)	1 (14.3)	0.86
Polyp location
Cecum	1 (16.7)	0	0.26
Ascending colon	1 (16.7)	1 (14.3)	0.91
Transverse colon	1 (16.7)	1 (14.3)	0.91
Descending colon	1 (16.7)	0	0.26
Sigmoid colon	0	0	-
Rectum	1 (16.7)	1 (14.3)	0.91
Size of the mass			0.03
< 10 mm	4 (66.7)	6 (85.7)
> 10 mm	2 (33.3)	1 (14.3)
Colonoscopy withdrawal time (in minutes)			0.601
6:00-10:00	1 (33.3)	0
10.01-15:00	0	1 (14.3)
15.01-20:00	1 (33.3)	2 (28.6)
20.01-25:00	1 (33.3)	2 (28.6)
25.1-30:00	0	1 (14.3)
> 30	0	1 (14.3)
Quality of bowel preparation			0.33
Excellent/good	6 (100)	6 (85.7)
Adequate	0	0
Poor	0	1 (14.3)
Type of associated polyp
Hyperplastic	1(25)	1(100)	0.17
Tubular adenoma	3 (75)	1 (100)	0.58
Tubulo-villous	0	0
Villous	0	0
Sessile serrated	0	0
Type of carcinoma
Adenocarcinoma	4 (66.7)	7 (100)	0.19
Small cell carcinoma	1 (16.7)	0
Neuroendocrine tumor	1 (16.7)	0
Others	0	0
Previous colonoscopy	1 (16.7)	0
Metastasis	2 (33.3)	1 (14.3)	0.414

EOCRC: Early-onset colorectal cancer; BMI: Body mass index; GI: Gastrointestinal.