Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients with colorectal adenoma and controls
| Patients with Adenoma* (n = 165) |
Controls* (n = 365) |
P† | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age(y) | 55.8 ± 7.3 | 52.0 ± 9.1 | < 0.001 |
| Waist circumference(cm)c | 87.2 ± 7.7 | 82.1 ± 8.4 | < 0.001 |
| Body mass index(kg/m2) | 24.6 ± 2.8 | 23.8 ± 2.8 | 0.03 |
| Daily total calorie intake(kcal/day) | 1901.0 ± 347.1 | 1925.8 ± 394.6 | < 0.01 |
| Daily Fat intake(g/day) | 45.1 ± 13.3 | 46.1 ± 16.3 | 0.07 |
| Alcohol intake(ml) | 30.7 ± 43.5 | 21.0 ± 36.2 | 0.39 |
| Sex(% male) | 78.2 | 56.4 | < 0.001 |
| Current smokers (%) | 31.1 | 19.8 | 0.01 |
*, Mean ± S.D. for quantitative variables; number of subjects (%) for categorical variables;
†, obtained from analysis of covariance models for continuous variables, from t-test for age and from χ2 test for categorical variables.