Table 1.

Demographic data for the study group

	CRC (n=336)		Controls (n=281)		P -value
Age (years)
Mean (SD)*	58.53	(12.49)	40.49	(10.61)	<0.0001
< 50 years [(n), %]	(76)	23.0	(215)	77.0
≥ 50 years [(n), %]	(260)	77.0	(66)	23.0	<0.0001
Gender
Male [(n), %]	(180)	54.0	(144)	51.0	0.572
Female [(n), %]	(156)	46.0	(137)	49.0

Colorectal cancer (CRC), SD (standard deviation),

^* Student's t-test.