Table 1.

Diagnostic outcomes for study participants and distribution of CRC by site (total of 13 cancer sites as one patient had a synchronous tumours)

Diagnosis	Number (%)
Cancer	Total	12 (7.6)
	Rectum	4 (2.4)
	Sigmoid	4 (2.4)
	Descending colon	0
	Transverse colon	1 (0.58)
	Ascending colon	2 (1.17)
	Cecum	2 (1.17)
Adenoma	Total	80 (49.1)
	High	17(10.5)
	Intermediate	36 (21.1)
	Low	27 (17.5)
Diverticular disease		14 (8.2)
Normal		37 (19.3)
Haemorrhoids		5 (2.9)
Other		14 (8.2)^
Excluded		8 (4.7)*

*1 not fit enough for investigations, 7 declined investigations

^Inflammatory bowel disease: n = 7, rectal telangiectasia: n = 2, rectal ulcer: n = 1, radiation proctitis: n = 1, inflammatory pseudopolyp: n = 1, non-specific sigmoid inflammation: n = 1, ischaemic sigmoid stricture: n = 1