Table 6B.
Hemoglobin FIT values according to colorectal cancer location (left- sided, right-sided).
| Colonoscopy findings |
Screening group n = 1,515 |
Symptomatic group n = 1,227 |
p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| No cancer | 353.0 (194.0–770.0) | 439.0 (211.5–2101.0) | <0.001 |
| Left-sided cancer | 2852.0 (533.8–8817.0) | 5993.0 (768.5–15277.5) | 0.029 |
| Right-sided cancer | 6295.0 (713.0–9694.0) | 4683.5 (628.0–12644.3) | 0.569 |
| p-valueb overall | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| p-value no cancer vs. right-sided | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| p-value no cancer vs. left-sided | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| p-value right-sided vs. left-sided | 0.451 | 0.426 |
Median (Q1–Q3). Bold values highlight the statistically significant data.
a
Comparison between “SCREENING FIT” and “SYMPTOMATIC FIT” groups.
b
Comparison between colonoscopy findings within each group.