Table 3.
Characteristics of the detected lesions
| Linked Colour imaging (N=160) | High-definition white light endoscopy (N=172) | |
| All lesions | 190 | 151 |
| Size | ||
| ≤5 mm | 154 (81%) | 124 (82%) |
| 6–9 mm | 24 (13%) | 15 (10%) |
| ≥10 mm | 12 (6%) | 10 (7%) |
| Missing | 0 (0%) | 2 (1%) |
| Location | ||
| Caecum | 22 (12%) | 16 (11%) |
| Ascending* | 51 (27%) | 29 (19%) |
| Transverse | 41 (22%) | 32 (21%) |
| Descending† | 25 (13%) | 21 (14%) |
| Sigmoid | 35 (18%) | 32 (21%) |
| Rectum | 16 (8%) | 21 (14%) |
| Morphology, by Paris classification | ||
| Pedunculated (Ip) | 4 (2%) | 1 (0%) |
| Sub-pedunculated (Isp) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Sessile (Is) | 91 (48%) | 63 (42%) |
| Flat or flat elevated (IIa or IIb) | 90 (47%) | 81 (54%) |
| Depressed (IIc) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Missing | 5 (3%) | 6 (4%) |
| Histopathology | ||
| CRColorectal cancer | 0 (0%) | 5 (3%) |
| Adenoma | 104 (54%) | 72 (48%) |
| High-grade dysplasia | 3 | 2 |
| Villous features | 0 | 0 |
| Sessile serrated lesion | 15 (8%) | 13 (9%) |
| Dysplasia | 0 | 0 |
| Traditional serrated adenoma | 4 (2%) | 0 (0%) |
| Hyperplastic polyp | 40 (21%) | 39 (26%) |
| Normal mucosa | 15 (8%) | 12 (8%) |
| Other non-neoplastic | 5 (3%) | 1 (0%) |
| Not retrieved/not resected | 7 (4%) | 9 (6%) |
Data are n or n (%).
*Includes hepatic flexure.
†Includes splenic flexure.
CRC, colorectal cancer.