Table 1.

Patient Characteristics of Stool Samples Used in This Study

Clinicopathological Characteristics	Healthy (n=53)	Ade (n=16)	CRC (n=61)	GC (n=37)	Others (n=13)
Sex (%)
Male	27	11	38	22	10
Female	26	5	23	15	3
Age, mean (range)	48.9 (20–77)	61.1 (45–82)	58.6 (31–81)	59.1 (25–77)	55.7 (39–73)
Location
Left from Colerectal		13	52
Right from Colerectal		3	9
Size
≥ 3 cm (n=32)			32
< 3 cm (n=29)			29
Stage
I			8	10
II			18	7
III			25	8
IV			10	12