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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 26.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Jul 17;59(12):2874–2889. doi: 10.1007/s10620-014-3277-1

Table 1. Studies of serrated polyps and age.

Author, year Study description n with SPs Age OR/RR* (95% CI)
All SPs
Erhardt, 2002 [42] German population Screening/diagnostic colonoscopy 71 ≤55 y: 1.00 [ref]
>55 y: 1.72 (1.00-2.96)
Morimoto, 2002 [45] US population (MN) Screening/diagnostic colonoscopy 219 <40 y: 1.0 [ref]
40-49 y: 0.9 (0.4-2.3)
50-59 y: 1.6 (0.7-3.7)
60-69 y: 1.4 (0.6-3.2)
≥70 y: 1.6 (0.5-5.0)
Lieberman, 2003 [33] US population (veterans) Screening colonoscopy 391 50-54 y: 1.00 [ref]
55-59 y: 1.10 (0.76-1.60)
60-64 y: 1.05 (0.76-1.46)
65-69 y: 1.01 (0.72-1.41)
≥70 y: 0.70 (0.48-1.02)
Omata, 2009 [46] Japanese population, Diagnostic colonoscopy 132 graphic file with name nihms780724t1.jpg
Burnett-Hartman, 2013 [48] US population (Group Health, WA) Screening colonoscopy 594 graphic file with name nihms780724t2.jpg
Proximal/large SPs
Wallace, 2009 [52] US population (multicenter/PPSG) Proximal SPs 261 <61 y: 1.00 [ref]
≥61 y: 0.86 (0.68-1.10)
Min, 2012 [56] Korean population Proximal SPs 60 ≥70: 1.00 [ref]
60-69: 2.13 (0.62-7.29)
50-59: 1.53 (0.45-5.20)
Bouwens, 2013 [51] Dutch population Proximal, large (>6mm) or dysplastic SPs 141 graphic file with name nihms780724t3.jpg
Burnett-Hartman, 2013 [48] US population (Group Health, WA) Proximal SPs 199 <50 y: 1.00 [ref]
50-59 y: 1.49 (0.70-3.14)
60-69 y: 1.72 (0.77-3.85)
≥70 y: 1.51 (0.60-3.81)
SSAs
Anderson, 2011 [49] US population (CT) Pancolonic SSAs 90 Per year increase: 1.05 (1.02-1.08)
Burnett-Hartman, 2013 [48] US population (Group Health, WA) Pancolonic SSAs 149 <50 y: 1.00 [ref]
50-59 y: 1.63 (0.72-3.67)
60-69 y: 2.09 (0.87-5.00)
≥70 y: 2.19 (0.83-5.76)
Hetzel, 2010 [5] US population (Boston) Pancolonic SSAs 46 Per year increase: 1.00 (0.96-1.03)
*

multivariate adjusted OR reported when provided

Incidence rate ratio

SP: serrated polyp; SSA: sessile serrated adenoma; OR: odds ratio; RR: risk ratio; CI: confidence interval; PPSG: Polyp Prevention study Group

Red text: statistically significant result