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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 2.

Metachronous findings by index colonoscopy findings characterized by high risk adenoma and serrated polyp (size and histology) among 4,015 NHCR participants with 2 colonoscopies (1/2004 – 6/2015)

Metachronous
HRA SP ≥ 1 cm
Total N = 4,015 No N = 3,716 (92.6%) Yes N = 299 (7.4%) No N = 3,966 (98.8%) Yes N = 49 (1.2%)
Index findings N N (row %) N (row %) N (row %) N (row %)
Classification based on size of serrated polyps on index colonoscopy
HRA (N =817) p<0.0001 p<0.0001
 SP ≥ 1 cm 18 14 (77.7) 4 (22.2) 16 (88.8) 2 (11.2)
 SP < 1 cm 140 111 (79.3) 29 (20.7) 139 (99.3) 1 (0.7)
 Unknown SP Size 56 45 (80.4) 11 (19.6) 55 (98.2) 1 (1.8)
 No SP 603 493 (81.8) 110 (18.2) 597 (99.0) 6 (1.0)
No adenoma (N = 3,198)
 SP ≥ 1 cm 65 63 (96.9) 2 (3.1) 57 (87.7) 8 (12.3)
 SP < 1 cm 452 436 (96.5) 16 (3.5) 446 (98.7) 6 (1.3)
 Unknown SP Size 285 274 (96.1) 11 (3.9) 278 (97.5) 7 (2.5)
 No SP 2,396 2,280 (95.2) 116 (4.8) 2,378 (99.3) 18 (0.7)
Classification based on histology of serrated polyps on index colonoscopy
HRA (N =817) p<0.0001 p<0.0001
 STSA 28 15 (53.6) 13 (46.4) 27 (96.4) 1 (3.6)
 HP Only 186 155 (83.3) 31 (16.7) 183 (98.4) 3 (1.6)
 No SP 603 493 (81.8) 110 (18.2) 597 (99.0) 6 (1.0)
No adenoma (N = 3,198)
 STSA 104 101 (97.1) 3 (2.9) 94 (90.4) 10 (9.6)
 HP Only 698 672 (96.3) 26 (3.7) 687 (98.4) 11 (1.6)
 No SP 2,396 2,280 (95.2) 116 (4.8) 2,378 (99.3) 18 (0.7)

Abbreviations: NHCR = New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry, HRA=high risk adenoma, SP = serrated polyp, STSA = sessile and traditional serrated adenoma, HP = hyperplastic polyp