Table 1.

Characteristics of the Study Patients

Patient Characteristics N=200
Age in years (median [interquartile range])	64 [51–97]
Gender, female (%)	62
Race (%)
White	78
Black	16
Asian	3
Personal history of (%)*
Adenomatous polyps	11
Inflammatory bowel disease	0.5
Colorectal cancer	2
Colectomy	4
Family history of (%)*
1st degree relative with polyps	3
1st degree relative with colorectal cancer	6
2nd degree relative with colorectal cancer	3
Number of colonoscopies performed per patient (%)
0	40
1	39
2 or more	21
Number of flexible sigmoidoscopies performed per patient (%)
0	94
1	5
2 or more	0
Number of 3-home fecal occult blood testing completed per patient (%)
0	86.5
1	8
2 or more	5.5
Number of double contrast barium enemas performed per patient (%)
0	92.5
1	5.5
2 or more	2

^*Percentages not mutually exclusive