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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2017 Sep 18;154(1):117–127.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.09.011

Table 1.

Metachronous findings by patient characteristics from the index colonoscopy among 5,433 NHCR participants with 2 colonoscopies (1/2004 – 6/2015)

Metachronous
HRA SP ≥ 1 cm
Total N = 5,433 No N = 4,987 (91.8%) Yes N = 446 (8.2%) No N = 5,368 (98.8%) Yes N = 65 (1.2%)
Characteristics1 N (col %) N (col %) N (col %) N (col %) N (col %)
Age at index colonoscopy (in years) p<0.0001 p=0.28
 40–49 661 (12.2) 630 (12.6) 31 (6.9) 656 (12.2) 5 (7.7)
 50–59 2,241 (41.3) 2,098 (42.1) 143 (32.1) 2,207 (41.1) 34 (52.3)
 60–69 1,756 (32.3) 1,586 (31.8) 170 (38.1) 1,743 (32.4) 17 (26.2)
 70+ 775 (14.3) 673 (13.5) 102 (22.9) 766 (14.3) 9 (13.8)
Gender p<0.0001 p=0.56
 Female 2,731 (50.3) 2,573 (51.6) 158 (35.4) 2,696 (50.2) 35 (53.8)
 Male 2,702 (49.7) 2,414 (48.4) 288 (64.6) 2,672 (49.8) 30 (46.2)
Family history of CRC p=0.07 p=0.95
 No 4,046 (80.4) 3,706 (80.1) 340 (83.7) 4,000 (80.4) 46 (80.7)
 Yes 988 (19.6) 922 (19.8) 66 (16.3) 977 (19.6) 11 (19.3)
Current smoking status p=0.63 p=0.19
 No 4,346 (90.4) 3,996 (90.5) 350 (89.7) 4,300 (90.5) 46 (85.2)
 Yes 460 (9.6) 420 (9.5) 40 (10.3) 452 (9.5) 8 (14.8)
BMI p=0.05 p=0.83
 < 25 (Underweight and normal) 1,293 (27.3) 1,210 (27.6) 83 (21.7) 1,279 (27.2) 14 (25.5)
 25 to < 30 (Overweight) 1,854 (38.9) 1,702 (38.8) 152 (39.7) 1,831 (38.9) 23 (41.8)
 30 to < 35 (Obesity class I) 1,051 (22.1) 958 (21.9) 93 (24.3) 1,041 (22.1) 10 (18.2)
 35 (Obesity classes II and III) 567 (11.9) 512 (11.7) 55 (14.4) 559 (11.9) 8 (14.6)
Median time interval between colonoscopies (in years) p=0.004 p=0.06
 < 4.9 2,716 (50.0) 2,464 (49.4) 252 (56.5) 2,676 (49.9) 40 (61.5)
 >= 4.9 2,717 (50.0) 2,523 (50.6) 194 (43.5) 2,692 (50.1) 25 (38.5)

Abbreviation: NHCR = New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry, CRC = colorectal cancer, BMI = body mass index, HRA=high risk adenoma, SP = serrated polyp

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Missing (N): family history of CRC (399), current smoking status (627), BMI (668)