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. 2017 Oct 27;7:14239. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14163-9

Table 2.

Surveillance colonoscopy findings according to index body mass index.

Total (n = 2,904) Index BMI (kg/m2) p for trend
<25 (n = 1,769, 60.9%) 25–29 (n = 1,040, 35.8%) ≥30 (n = 95, 3.3%)
Incidence, n (%)
  Any CRAs 1,559 (53.7) 920 (52.0) 577 (55.5) 62 (65.3) 0.014*
  LRA 987 (36.4) 606 (36.7) 347 (35.7) 34 (38.6) 0.789*
  HRA 381 (14.0) 197 (11.9) 163 (16.8) 21 (23.9) <0.001*
   Any AA 191 (6.6) 117 (6.6) 67 (6.4) 7 (7.4) 0.936*
   ≥3 NAA 468 (16.1) 242 (13.7) 201 (19.3) 25 (26.3) <0.001*
  ≥3 any CRAs 514 (17.7) 273 (15.4) 215 (20.7) 26 (27.4) <0.001*
  ≥4 any CRAs 316 (10.9) 165 (9.3) 135 (13.0) 16 (16.8) <0.001*
  ≥5 any CRAs 207 (7.1) 103 (5.8) 92 (8.8) 12 (12.6) <0.001*
Number, mean ± SD
  Any CRAs 1.4 ± 2.1 1.3 ± 2.1 1.5 ± 2.2 1.8 ± 2.1 0.001**
  NAA 1.3 ± 2.0 1.2 ± 2.0 1.4 ± 2.1 1.7 ± 2.0 0.001**
  AA 0.1 ± 0.3 0.1 ± 0.3 0.1 ± 0.3 0.1 ± 0.3 0.977**
Location, n (%)
  Any CRAs 0.487*
   Right colon 715 (41.0) 442 (61.8) 250 (35.0) 23 (3.2)
   Left colon 463 (26.6) 271 (58.5) 172 (37.1) 20 (4.3)
   Both 565 (32.4) 325 (57.5) 215 (38.1) 25 (4.4)
  NAA 0.750*
   Right colon 688 (41.6) 421 (61.2) 242 (35.2) 25 (3.6)
   Left colon 503 (30.4) 293 (58.3) 188 (37.4) 22 (4.4)
   Both 461 (27.9) 266 (57.7) 175 (38.0) 20 (4.3)
  AA 0.637*
   Right colon 325 (75.2) 211 (64.9) 101 (31.1) 13 (4.0)
   Left colon 95 (22.0) 59 (62.1) 33 (34.7) 3 (3.2)
   Both 12 (2.8) 6 (50.0) 6 (50.0) 0
CRC incidence, n (%) 37 (1.3) 27 (1.5) 10 (1.0) 0 0.231*
Follow-up period (years), mean ± SD 3.0 ± 1.1 2.9 ± 1.1 3.0 ± 1.1 2.9 ± 1.0 0.102
Frequency of surveillance colonoscopy, mean ± SD 1.3 ± 0.5 1.2 ± 0.5 1.3 ± 0.5 1.3 ± 0.6 0.238

BMI, body mass index; CRA, colorectal adenoma; LRA, low risk adenoma; HRA, high risk adenoma; AA, advanced adenoma; NAA, non-advanced adenoma; SD, standard deviation; CRC, colorectal cancer. *Values by Cochran-Armitage trend for categorical variables. **Values by linear regression. Values by One-way ANOVA analyses of variances for continuous variables among groups.