Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients at baseline

Characteristic	Normal mucosa	Advanced CRA	P value
Age in yr	58.9 ± 7.2	62.9 ± 9.9	0.058
Gender
Male	18	28	0.448
Female	18	20
BMI	25.2 ± 3.6	26.3 ± 3.9	0.229
Site
Right colon	9	10	0.651
Left colon	27	39

BMI: Body mass index; CRA: Colorectal adenoma.