Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of familial CRC, sporadic CRC patients and 'hyper-normal' controls

	Familial CRC (n = 93)	Sporadic CRC (n = 150)	'Hyper-normal' controls (n = 204)
Age	55 ± 11	66 ± 8	62 ± 7
Males: females	51: 42	81: 69	91: 113
UICCC stage	(n = 61)	(n = 147)
I	13 (21.0%)	34 (23.1%)
II	9 (14.5%)	52 (35.4%)
III	26 (41.9%)	48 (32.7%)
IV	13 (22.6%)	13 (8.8%)
Localisation	(n = 67)	(n = 144)
Right Colon	17 (25.4%)	35 (28.9%)
Left Colon	50 (74.6%)	109 (71.1%)