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. 2012 Mar 27;106(8):1424–1430. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.104

Table 1. Characteristics of the study population according to diagnostic subgroup.

      Colorectal cancer N(%)
  No colorectal neoplasm N(%) Advanced adenoma N(%) Screening setting Clinical setting Total
Sex
 Female 125 (55.6) 69 (35.8) 5 (35.7) 76 (46.1) 81 (45.3)
 Male 100 (44.4) 124 (64.3) 9 (64.3) 89 (53.9) 98 (54.8)
 
Age
 <60 years 89 (39.6) 52 (26.9) 2 (14.3) 36 (21.8) 38 (21.2)
 60–69 years 104 (46.2) 93 (48.2) 8 (57.1) 52 (31.5) 60 (33.5)
 >70 years 32 (14.2) 48 (24.9) 4 (28.6) 77 (46.7) 81 (45.3)
 
Stage
 I     7 (50.0) 49 (29.7) 56 (31.3)
 II     1 (7.1) 48 (29.1) 49 (27.4)
 Advanced (III+IV)     5 (35.7) 67 (40.6) 72 (40.2)
 Missing     1 (7.1) 1 (0.6) 2 (1.1)
 
Location
 Colon     7 (50.0) 105 (63.6) 112 (62.7)
 Rectum     6 (42.9) 59 (35.8) 65 (36.3)
 Missing     1 (7.1) 1 (0.6) 2 (1.1)
 
Total 225 193 14 165 179