Table 1.

Colonoscopy patient demographics.

Characteristic			Polyp Patients	Polyp-Free Patients	p-Value
N			27	27
Age			68 (27–86) 1	57 (37,82) 1	0.11 2
Gender	Female		9	9	0.8 3
	Male		18	18
BMI			25 (19,30) 1	25 (23,31) 1	0.2 2
Type of Lesion	SL	<10mm	1	0
		≥10mm	0	0
	TA	<10mm	22	0
		≥10mm	2	0
	TVA	<10mm	0	0
		≥10mm	2	0
Indications for colonoscopy	Surveillance—1st degree relative Polyp or CRC		2	4	0.7 3
	Surveillance—Personal History Polyp or CRC		11	8
	Rectal bleeding		7	10
	FOBT+/FIT+		4	2
	Abnormal Bowel Symptoms		2	1
	Other		1	2

¹ Range ² Wilcoxon rank-sum test; ³ Pearson’s Chi-squared test. SL = serrated lesion, TA = tubular adenoma, TVA = tubulovillous adenoma. FOBT+/FIT+ = fecal occult blood test/fecal immunochemical test positive. Other = iron deficiency anemia (1), Neuroendocrine tumour in appendix (1 participant), Recurrent small bowel obstruction (1 participant).