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Published in final edited form as: Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2009;23(6):889–907. doi: 10.1016/j.bpg.2009.10.010

Table 1. Effect of age upon colorectal adenoma incidence.

Age	Any Neoplasm	Adenoma 5-9 MM Percent	Advanced Adenoma
50-54	-	4.3	3.2
75-59	-	11.0	4.7
80+	-	7.9	14.0
Modified from Lin OS et al. JAMA 2006, 295;2357
40-49	8.7	1.1
50-59	12.5	2.4	0.5
60-69	15.5	6.6	2.0
70-75	25.0	10.6	1.3
76-80	14.3	11.7	2.6

Modified from Strul H et al. Am. J. Gastro 2006, 101:255