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. 2011 Oct 10;11:434. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-434

Table 1.

Primary indications for colonoscopy among 1096 consecutive patients enrolled for evaluation of double FIT sampling

Indication Group
Symptomatic/suspect
Indication for colonoscopy N
Weight loss 11
Clinical suspicion of diverticulitis 7
Clinical suspicion of IBD 8

Abdominal pain 110

Anaemia 71
Hematochezia 156
Altered bowel habits 182
Clinical or radiological suspicion of CRC 25
Colonoscopy for polypectomy 21
Diarrhoea 31
Constipation 24
Total 646
Screening & Surveillance Average risk 39
Familial history of CRC 111
Lynch syndrome 17
Polyp surveillance 196
Post CRC surveillance 45
Total 408
Other Not specified/others 42
Grand total 1096

FIT = faecal immunochemical test, IBD = inflammatory bowel disease, CRC = colorectal cancer