Table 1.

Sample population characteristics.

	Cohort 1 (n = 150)			Cohort 2 (n = 149)
	Adenoma (n = 19)	Normal (n = 68)	CRC (n = 37)	Adenoma (n = 35)	Normal (n = 77)	CRC (n = 63)
Male	14	34	25	23	43	21
Female	5	34	12	12	34	42
Average age (y) ± S.E.	59.9 ± 13.00	55.8 ± 14.26	63.21 ± 10.68	63.72 ± 10.47	54.5 ± 6.73	62.7 ± 11.43