Table 1.

Anthropometic and life style data of subjects.

Parameter	Ascending Colon	Descending Colon	Sigmoid Colon
n	10	7	24
Age	52 ± 9	54 ± 15	55 ± 9
Sex : Female/male	5/5	1/6	8/16
BMI	26.5 ± 5.7	27.8 ± 4.9	25.4 ± 4.0
Cigarette use
Yes/No	3/7	3/4	4/20
(number/d)	2.8 ± 6.2	8.3 ± 9.8	1.5 ± 4.6
Alcohol consumption
Yes/No	3/7	2/5	12/12
(g/d)	9.4 ± 14.6	8.2 ± 7.8	9.8 ± 12.6

All data are expressed as means ± SD. (BMI = body mass index)