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. 2014 Jan 16;110(5):1228–1235. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.827

Table 1. Demographics, pathology and molecular features of CRC with synchronous colorectal neoplasia.

  Synchronous colorectal neoplasia
  Nonea
Not-advanced adenomab
Advanced adenomac
Invasive cancerd
  n=548, ref. n=177 P* n=106 P* n=50 P*
Age
Years, mean±s.d.
63.9±11.8
66.8±9.7
0.003
66.6±10.0
0.02
64.6±10.8
0.70
Gender
Male 292 (53.3) 115 (65.0) 77 (72.6) 29 (53.4)      
Female
256 (46.7)
62 (35.0)
0.006
29 (27.4)
<0.001
21 (46.6)
0.52
Site
Distal 374 (68.2) 101 (57.1) 64 (60.4) 30 (61.2)      
Proximal
174 (31.8)
76 (42.9)
0.006
42 (39.6)
0.11
19 (38.8)
0.31
Stage
I–III 419 (76.5) 139 (78.5) 80 (75.5) 30 (60.0)      
IV
129 (23.5)
38 (21.5)
0.57
26 (24.5)
0.83
20 (40.0)
0.01e
Histotype
Adenoca 506 (92.3) 162 (91.5) 100 (94.3) 48 (96.0)      
Variant
42 (7.7)
15 (8.5)
0.73
6 (5.7)
0.47
2 (4.0)
0.34
Gradef
G1–G2 406 (79.3) 143 (83.6) 78 (77.2) 38 (77.6)      
G3
106 (20.7)
28 (16.4)
0.22
23 (22.8)
0.64
11 (22.4)
0.77
Vein invasion
No 423 (77.2) 140 (79.1)     82 (77.4) 36 (72.0)  
Yes
125 (22.8)
37 (20.9)
0.60
24 (22.6)
0.97
14 (28.0)
0.40
MS status
MSS 495 (90.3) 153 (86.4) 100 (94.3) 39 (78.0)      
MSI-sporadic 36 (6.6) 19 (10.7) 0.04g 5 (4.7) 0.44 2 (4.0) 0.64
HNPCC
17 (3.1)
5 (2.8)
0.92
1 (0.9)
0.20
9 (18.0)
<0.001e
BRAF
BRAF WT 516 (94.2) 158 (89.3) 100 (94.3) 47 (94.0)      
BRAF c.1799T>A 32 (5.8) 19 (10.7) 0.02g 6 (5.7) 0.94 3 (6.0) 0.96

Abbreviations: CRC=colorectal cancer; MSI=microsatellite instability; MSS=microsatellite-stable.

At Fisher's exact test.

a

‘No adenoma'.

b

‘Low-grade dysplasia <10 mm tubular adenoma, no serrated adenoma.

c

Forty-five patients with low-grade dysplasia adenoma ⩾10 mm or with villous component >25%, 59 with high-grade dysplasia adenoma, 2 with ⩾10 mm low-grade dysplasia serrated adenoma.

d

Pathological and molecular characteristics of the most advanced cancer (‘index' lesion, by pT) were to be inserted. Of 23 pairs with identical pT (no ‘index' lesion assessable), 22 had fully concordant pathological and molecular features, whereas one pair with discordant tumour site was excluded from the analysis of this variable.

e

Interactions at multivariate analysis (logistic regression): ‘Stages I–II vs III–IV' * ‘MS status', P=0.03.

f

Not assessed in 48 cases (34, 6, 7 and 1 in the four subclasses, respectively).

g

BRAF status' * ‘MS status' (excluding HNPCC), P=0.04.