Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of tissue and plasma cohorts

Sample	Tissue		Plasma
Characteristics	polyp	CRC	polyp	CRC
Total (n)	56	62	20	20
Gender
Male	40	45	14	17
Female	16	17	6	3
Age (years)
Median	60.7 (37–94)	60.5 (32–81)	60.5 (50–73)	59.5 (32–74)
≥ 50	51	53	20	16
< 50	5	9	0	4
Stage
I + II	NA	32	NA	8
III + IV	NA	30	NA	12
Lymph node metastasis
No	NA	35	NA	10
Yes	NA	27	NA	10
Microsatellite instability
MSS	NA	58	NA	17
MSI	NA	0	NA	0
NA	NA	4	NA	3
Tumor site
Right-sided	11	9	5	4
Left-sided	22	13	10	4
Rectum	23	40	5	12
Differentiation grade
Highly	NA	1	NA	0
Moderately	NA	56	NA	18
Poorly	NA	5	NA	2
Vascular invasion
No	NA	46	NA	14
Yes	NA	13	NA	3
NA	NA	3	NA	3
Tumor size
≥ 5CM	NA	27	NA	6
< 5CM	NA	35	NA	14
Polyp size
≥ 1CM	20	NA	4	NA
< 1CM	36	NA	16	NA