Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of healthy donors and CRC patients from the Colonomics study

Healthy donors (n = 50)
Gender
Male	27 (54 %)
Female	23 (46 %)
Median age (years, range)	63 (25–88)
Site
Right	27 (54 %)
Left	23 (46 %)
Cases (n = 98)
Gender
Male	71 (72.4 %)
Female	27 (27.6 %)
Median age (years, range)	71 (43–87)
Site
Right	38 (38.8 %)
Left	60 (61.2 %)
Stage
II A	90 (91.8 %)
II B	8 (8.2 %)
Recurrence
No relapse	76 (77.6 %)
Relapse	22 (22.4 %)
Follow-up, median time (months, range)	67.8 (24.8–136.9)