Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Participants
| FIT-negative (n=1370) |
TCS-only (n=1067) |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, n (%) | Male | 726 (53.0) | 524 (49.1) | 0.06 |
| Female | 644 (47.0) | 543 (50.9) | ||
| Age group, years, n (%) | 49–54 | 686 (50.1) | 568 (53.2) | 0.13 |
| 55–60 | 684 (49.9) | 499 (46.8) | ||
| Smoking, n (%) | Non-smoker | 699 (51.0) | 580 (54.4) | 0.1 |
| Smoker | 671 (49.0) | 487 (45.6) | ||
| Alcohol, n (%) | Non-drinker | 1193 (87.1) | 947 (88.8) | 0.9 |
| Drinker | 177 (12.9) | 120 (11.2) | ||
| BMI, kg/m2, median (IQR) | 23.7 (21.4–26.1) | 23.1 (21.2–25.4) | <0.001 | |
| Location of the polyps, n (%) | Right | 382 (27.9) | 280 (26.2) | 0.39 |
| Left | 340 (24.8) | 255 (23.9) | ||
| Bilateral | 249 (18.2) | 187 (17.5) | ||
| Family history of CRC, n (%) | Yes | 153 (11.2) | 135 (12.7) | 0.28 |
| No | 1217 (88.8) | 932 (87.3) | ||
| History of Colonoscopy within 5 years, n (%) | Yes | 160 (11.7) | 157 (14.7) | 0.29 |
| No | 1210 (88.3) | 910 (85.3) | ||
| History of polypectomy, n (%) | Yes | 103 (7.5) | 68 (6.4) | <0.001 |
| No | 1263 (92.2) | 845 (79.2) | ||
| Unknown | 4 (0.3) | 154 (14.4) | ||
BMI, body mass index; IQR, interquartile range; CRC, colorectal cancer; FIT, fecal immunochemical test; TCS, total colonoscopy