Table 1.
Patient demographics by polyp size
| Polyp Size | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - 5 mm | > 5 - 9 mm | > 9 - 15 mm | > 15 mm | Total | |||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | N | (%) | n | (%) | n | |
| All Subjects | 48947 | (59.2) | 19422 | (23.5) | 11240 | (13.6) | 3032 | ( 3.7) | 82641 |
| Age | |||||||||
| < 50 | 3097 | (63.4) | 1073 | (22.0) | 587 | (12.0) | 125 | ( 2.6) | 4882 |
| 50-59 | 22859 | (61.8) | 8433 | (22.8) | 4613 | (12.5) | 1081 | ( 2.9) | 36986 |
| 60-69 | 14913 | (57.3) | 6259 | (24.1) | 3809 | (14.6) | 1035 | ( 4.0) | 26016 |
| 70-79 | 6991 | (55.0) | 3149 | (24.8) | 1905 | (15.0) | 658 | ( 5.2) | 12703 |
| 80+ | 1087 | (52.9) | 508 | (24.7) | 326 | (15.9) | 133 | ( 6.5) | 2054 |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 28002 | (57.9) | 11502 | (23.8) | 6982 | (14.4) | 1909 | ( 2.3) | 48395 |
| Female | 20945 | (61.2) | 7920 | (23.1) | 4258 | (12.4) | 1123 | ( 3.3) | 34246 |
| Site | |||||||||
| Academic | 4864 | (64.4) | 1506 | (19.9) | 928 | (12.3) | 257 | ( 3.4) | 7555 |
| Community/HMO | 38503 | (58.4) | 15909 | (24.1) | 9019 | (13.7) | 2491 | ( 3.8) | 65922 |
| VA/Military | 5580 | (60.9) | 2007 | (21.9) | 1293 | (14.1) | 284 | ( 3.1) | 9164 |
| Race | |||||||||
| White | 46601 | (59.5) | 18436 | (23.5) | 10506 | (13.4) | 2809 | ( 3.6) | 78352 |
| Black | 2346 | (54.7) | 986 | (23.0) | 734 | (17.1) | 223 | ( 5.2) | 4289 |
| Location | |||||||||
| Proximal Colon | 20013 | (55.6) | 9266 | (25.7) | 5198 | (14.4) | 1524 | ( 4.2) | 36001 |
| Distal Colon and, Rectum | 28934 | (62.0) | 10156 | (21.8) | 6042 | (13.0) | 1508 | ( 3.2) | 46640 |
| Number of polyps | |||||||||
| Single | 38027 | (69.1) | 10676 | (19.4) | 5057 | ( 9.2) | 1295 | ( 2.4) | 55055 |
| Multiple | 10920 | (39.6) | 8746 | (31.7) | 6183 | (22.4) | 1737 | ( 6.3) | 27586 |
| Family history | |||||||||
| Negative | 37015 | (59.1) | 14669 | (23.4) | 8642 | (13.8) | 2322 | ( 3.7) | 62648 |
| Positive | 11932 | (59.7) | 4753 | (23.8) | 2598 | (13.0) | 710 | ( 3.6) | 19993 |
*Numbers in brackets = percent of row total.