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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2019 Dec 12;65(9):2686–2690. doi: 10.1007/s10620-019-05991-y

Table 3:

Polyps location in cases and controls who have colon polyps

Controls (N=358) Cases (N=61) P-value
Location, n (%)
 Right colon 83 (23.2) 15 (24.6) 0.81
 Left colon 199 (55.6) 36 (59.0) 0.62
 Bilateral 76 (21.2) 10 (16.4) 0.39
Specific polyps’ location, n(%) N=523* N=92*
 Cecum 46 (12.9) 9 (14.8) 0.68
 Ascending 79 (22.1) 13 (21.1) 0.90
 Transverse 57(15.9) 12 (19.7) 0.47
 Descending 0 10 (16.4) <0.001
 Sigmoid 211 (58.9) 26 (42.6) 0.017
 Rectosigmoid 0 8 (13.11) <0.001
 Rectum 130 (36.3) 14 (23.0) 0.042
*

In many patients, there was more than 1 polyp, as such the number of polyps does not match the number of patients.