Table 2.
Distribution of significant lesions according to the histopathological features among screened individuals (N = 1005)
| Histopathological features | Adenomas |
Sessile serrated (n = 49) | Mixed (adenoma & sessile serrated) (n = 14) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubular (n = 174) | Tubulo-villous (n = 28) | Villous (n = 13) | |||
| Lesion site, no. (%) | |||||
| Rectum | 8 (4.6%) | 6 (21.4%) | 2 (15.4%) | 0 | 0 |
| Sigmoid/descending colon | 88 (50.6%) | 14 (50.0%) | 7 (53.8%) | 0 | 0 |
| Transverse colon | 14 (8%) | 0 | 0 | 9 (18.4%) | 2 (14.3%) |
| Cecum/ascending colon | 18 (10.3%) | 6 (21.4%) | 2 (15.4%) | 35 (71.4%) | 2 (14.3%) |
| Multiple sites | 46 (26.4%) | 2 (7.1%) | 2 (15.4%) | 5 (10.2%) | 10 (71.4%) |
| Number of polyps, no. (%) | |||||
| 1- 2 | 127 (73%) | 24 (85.7%) | 13 (100%) | 49 (100%) | 6 (42.9%) |
| 3- 5 | 47 (27%) | 4 (14.3%) | 0 | 0 | 8 (57.1%) |
| Size of polyps, no. (%) | |||||
| < 10 mm | 166 (96%) | 10 (35.7%) | 0 | 49 (100%) | 14 (100%) |
| ≥ 10 mm | 7 (4%) | 18 (64.3%) | 13 (100%) | 0 | 0 |
| Shape of polyps, no. (%) | |||||
| Pedunculated | 29 (16.7%) | 13 (46.4%) | 6 (46.2%) | 0 | 0 |
| Sessile | 145 (83.3%) | 15 (53.6%) | 7 (53.8%) | 49 (100%) | 14 (100%) |