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. 2015 Sep 9;40(8):2966–2976. doi: 10.1007/s00261-015-0538-1

Table 5.

Probabilities of OC and CTC findings

Size of largest polyp
Ages None (%) <6 mm (diminutive) (%)a 6–9 mm (small) (%) 10+ mm (large) (%) All (%)
Male
 50–54 48.4 36.9 8.6 6.1 100
 55–59 44.4 38.0 10.3 7.3 100
 60–64 38.7 42.1 10.6 8.6 100
 65–69 41.0 37.6 11.8 9.6 100
 70–74 40.3 38.7 11.3 9.7 100
 75–79 39.3 38.4 12.0 10.3 100
 80–84 44.0 33.4 11.6 11.0 100
Female
 50–54 50.4 39.2 6.4 4.0 100
 55–59 47.4 40.6 7.4 4.6 100
 60–64 48.1 39.4 7.3 5.2 100
 65–69 50.9 35.2 8.1 5.8 100
 70–74 49.4 35.7 8.5 6.4 100
 75–79 48.9 34.6 9.4 7.1 100
 80–84 49.4 34.6 8.7 7.3 100

aNot used for the CTC analysis other than for scenario 9; isolated diminutive polyps identified by CTC are not reported and as a finding has the same effect as no polyps

Source: Authors’ analysis of published literature and 2013 Medicare 5% Sample data. See Appendix in supplementary material