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. 2007 Feb 7;13(5):781–784. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i5.781

Table 1.

Patient characteristics n (%)

Category Group 1 (n = 63) Group 2 (n = 243) P
Sex
Male 42 (67) 198 (82) < 0.05
Female 21 (33) 45 (18)
Age (yr)
Median (range) 66 (18–87) 61 (23–87)
< 30 5 (8) 3 (1) < 0.01
30-39.9 3 (5) 10 (4)
40-49.9 6 (10) 35 (14)
50-59.9 9 (14) 65 (27)
60-69.9 10 (16) 76 (31)
70-79.9 17 (27) 44 (18)
> 80 8 (13) 7 (3)
Unknown 5 (8) 3 (1)
Race
Asian 1 (2) 27 (11) < 0.05
African American 8 (31) 66 (27)
Caucasian 51 (81) 125 (51)
Hispanic 1 (2) 8 (3)
Other 1 (1) 12 (5)
Unknown 1 (1) 5 (2)
Country
US born 58 (92) 201 (83)
Immigrant 2 (3) 28 (11)
Foreign visitor 3 (5) 14 (6)