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Patients characteristics of the study cohort
| Patients, n | 316 |
| Median age, years (range) | 69 (28–98) |
| Sex, male, n (%) | 225 (71.2) |
| Indication for colonoscopy, n (%) | |
| Polyp surveillance | 77 (24.4) |
| Endscopic resection | 69 (21.8) |
| FIT positive | 69 (21.8) |
| Screening | 28 (8.9) |
| PET positive | 20 (6.3) |
| Hematochezia | 14 (4.4) |
| Anemia | 12 (3.8) |
| Change of bowel habit | 12 (3.8) |
| Tumor marker elevation | 5 (1.6) |
| Others | 10 (3.2) |
FIT fecal immunochemical test, PET positron emission tomography
