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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2015 Jan 15;17(10):815–821. doi: 10.1038/gim.2014.199

Table 5.

Comparison of Colorectal Cancer Characteristics at Referral Based on Race or Ethnicity

Caucasian
(n=5041)
Asian
(n=151)
African
American
(n=382)
Other
(n=595)
P value
n (%)
95% CI
n (%)
95% CI
n (%)
95% CI
n (%)
95% CI
Age at CRC diagnosis
mean± SE, 95% CI
47.3±.4 44.7±2 44.6±1.3 41.7±1.2 <0.0001
46.5–48.1 40.7–48.6 42–47.3 39.4–44
CRC and adenoma 1031 (20.5%) 41 (27.2%) 90 (24%) 130 (21.9%) 0.11
19.4–21.6 20.2–35 19.4–28.1 18.6–25.4
CRC alone 302 (6%) 11 (7.3%) 16 (4.2%) 39 (6.6%) 0.39
5.4–6.7 3.7–12.7 2.4–6.7 4.7–8.9
First-degree relative
with CRC
1563 (31%) 38 (25.2%) 138 (36.1%) 190 (31.9%) 0.07
29.7–32.3 18.5–32.9 31.3–41.2 28.2–35.9

Continuous data were analyzed using ANOVA. Categorical data were analyzed using a χ2 test. 95% confidence intervals of proportions presented with each value.