Table 3.
Distribution of various colonoscopic findings in rural and urban subgroups undergoing colonoscopic screening.
| Rural [n (%)] | Urban [n (%)] | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total numbers | 6362 (20.6) | 24,473 (79.4) | |
| Male | 4362 (68.5) | 16,386 (66.9) | 0.01 |
| Age [median (range)] in years | 44 (8–72) | 44 (6–78) | 0.3 |
| Smoking | 452 (7) | 1600 (6.5) | 0.5 |
| Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) | 358 (5.6) | 1329 (5.4) | 0.54 |
| Crohn’s disease | 224 (3.5) | 768 (3.1) | 0.12 |
| Ulcerative colitis/IBD-unclassified | 134 (2.1) | 561 (2.3) | 0.37 |
| Intestinal tuberculosis | 73 (1.1) | 291 (1.2) | 0.78 |
| Infective ileitis/colitis (including parasitic and protozoal infections) | 279 (4.4) | 1148 (4.7) | 0.3 |
| Carcinoma Colon | 108 (1.7) | 380 (1.6) | 0.41 |
| Colorectal polyps | 511 (8) | 1861 (7.6) | 0.25 |
| Diverticulosis | 91 (1.4) | 565 (2.3) | 0.0001 |